In 2020, the FOP endorsed Trump over Democrat Joe Biden, even though Biden had often won the support of police unions when he was a U.S. senator and vice president. “The FOP is proud to endorse a candidate who calls for law and order across our nation,” FOP president Patrick Yoes wrote of Trump then.
It was a familiar sight: “The former president often takes pictures with the police who accompany his motorcade on the campaign trail, and his aides regularly share videos of the interactions on social media to highlight the officers’ support.”
And yet…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jan-6-police-unions_n_65d67a16e4b0b65d69218857
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/us/politics/trump-nypd-officer-wake.html
And then there was the time Trump was president and stood in front of a bunch of cops and told them to rough up suspects… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVPKpBKGCE
explains why
NOT LIKE THAT!