National Police Organization Endorses Trump

 

NAPO president Michael McHale

NAPO President Michael McHale.

The National Association of Police Organizations, which endorsed Obama and Biden in 2008 and 2012, has endorse President Donald Trump for re-election in 2020. (They made no endorsement in 2016.) Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, it requires a two-thirds vote for the organization to make an endorsement.

From the New York Post:

McHale told Fox News that Trump garnered more than the two-thirds majority of votes needed among its members to secure the endorsement.

“So it’s with great pride that I announce on behalf of our National Association Police Organization our endorsement of President Donald J. Trump,” McHale said, later adding that he expects Trump to win in November while citing his signing of the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act and other measures for the backing.

The Trump campaign, meanwhile, quickly praised the endorsement as more proof that he’s the “law and order” commander-in-chief while simultaneously attacking Biden as powerless to shore up Democrats.

“Joe Biden has done nothing to stop his party’s ‘defund the police’ movement and remains silent as police officers across the country are being attacked by violent rioters and protesters,” Bob Paduchik, the campaign’s senior advisor for law enforcement and labor unions, said in a statement.

“This endorsement for President Trump highlights that as the Law and Order President, he is defending the hardworking people who risk their own lives every day to keep our communities safe.”

Protect them back.

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  1. Arahant Member
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    Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing): “This endorsement for President Trump highlights that as the Law and Order President, he is defending the hardworking people who risk their own lives every day to keep our communities safe.”

    Cod bless ’em!

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  2. RightAngles Member
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    I hope this will go a long way with the voters.

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  3. DonG (skeptic) Coolidge
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    If any cop in the country votes for any Dem, they must hate themselves.

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  4. Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing) Member
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    Arahant (View Comment):
    Cod bless ’em!

    This looks fishy to me.

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  5. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat?  It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

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  6. Bob Thompson Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat? It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

    Probably a majority of voters in every jurisdiction, regardless of party,  think maintaining law and order is a high priority for their elected officials. This just might obliterate the above premise.

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  7. Arahant Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat? It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

    None that I have known.

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  8. TBA Coolidge
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat? It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

    I think cops are stuck right in the middle – the Dems ‘pay’ them, but the Reps don’t sell them out for doing their jobs. 

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  9. Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing) Member
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    TBA (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat? It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

    I think cops are stuck right in the middle – the Dems ‘pay’ them, but the Reps don’t sell them out for doing their jobs.

    The cop on the street trends conservative and the chiefs and unions trend left.

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  10. Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing) Member
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    On NAPO:

    The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) is a US lobbying group representing police and law enforcement officers, police unions and local police officer associations. It was founded in 1978. NAPO represents more than 2,000 police units and associations, 241,000 officers, 11,000 retired officers and more than 100,000 others not directly associated with the police. NAPO sponsors the Top Cops award for outstanding achievements by individual police officers.[1]

    Membership is $200 a year and only LEOs vote. So this is an endorsement by rank and file police. 

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  11. kedavis Coolidge
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    Yes it’s the rank-and-file groups that need our support, not outfits like National Association Of Chiefs Of Police, that definitely go left.

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  12. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    DonG (skeptic) (View Comment):

    If any cop in the country votes for any Dem, they must hate themselves.

     Well, not is they listen to lawyers against Trump. 

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  13. Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing) Member
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

    DonG (skeptic) (View Comment):

    If any cop in the country votes for any Dem, they must hate themselves.

    Well, not is they listen to lawyers against Trump.

    And who knows lawyers, in all their glory and corruption, better than police?

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  14. Front Seat Cat Member
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    My sister drove over to her friend’s house in another town. Her friend is not showy in a political way – quiet. She said as she drove over, she saw Trump flags flying from the rear mirrors of one vehicle, a big Trump flag under the American flag on a flag pole, and then she pulls into her quiet friend’s house……..In the front yard was a Trump Make America Great Again 2020 yard sign – next to that an “All Lives Matter”, showing a rainbow peace sign, and the third yard sign said “Support your Local Police”!  She said “Lynn, what is going on??!”  Her friend’s response was simply…”I got mad.”

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  15. Quietpi Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Don’t cops normally lean Democrat? It would seem that Democrats big government pro union view of the would would drive them that way.

    Absolutely not.  I’m sure there are exceptions out there, but I know a heck of a lot of cops, and no doubt due to my – and their – well . . . maturity, a heck of a lot more retired cops.  Possibly one is Democrat.  It’s the unions that they’re forced to join, and who claim to speak for them.  

    There is also a great gulf between chiefs of police and sheriffs.  Chiefs of Police are employees, employed by city councils, and serve at the whim of their employers – which of course are dominated by Democrats.  Sheriffs, on the other hand, are elected.  There do exist of course conservative city councils, and deep blue counties.  But they’re in the minority.  

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  16. Giulietta Inactive
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    Good endorsement.

    Things have been bad for cops in Chicago. On Friday evening left-wing extremists/BLM tried to take down the Columbus monument and 18 cops ended up at the hospital. Hours later a large group (50-80pp) shattered the windows at Bloomingdales on the MagMile and looted it.

    So peaceful, so brave.

    Anyone who would endorse Biden at this point needs their head examined.

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  17. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    So why is the government allowing this?  Obviously because they want it too.  If this was a right wing protest cops would be shooting protesters by the dozens.

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  18. Quietpi Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    So why is the government allowing this? Obviously because they want it too. If this was a right wing protest cops would be shooting protesters by the dozens.

    That’s just crazy.  And when you say, “government,” you need to be more specific.  Stuff like this is up to the cities and states.  Two things are going on at those levels.  In many cases, you’re right, those state and local governments are either rooting them on, or they’re too timid to do anything about it.  Then there are the courts.  The rioters are fearless, because they know there will be no repercussions for their actions. And the police know that if they applied deadly force, or frankly any force at all, it would be the police who go to prison.  Try being a cop in that environment.  

    The federal government is in a totally different situation.  The anti-Trumpers want Trump to become the tyrant they all screamed he would become, and he hasn’t.  Frankly, the federal government’s role, even authority, is very limited unless asked to step in and help.  And of course those same city and state governments aren’t about to do that.  And, frankly, Trump is smart enough not to steamroll over them.  Because if he did it would not go well for him or anybody else.

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  19. Bob Thompson Member
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    Quietpi (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    So why is the government allowing this? Obviously because they want it too. If this was a right wing protest cops would be shooting protesters by the dozens.

    That’s just crazy. And when you say, “government,” you need to be more specific. Stuff like this is up to the cities and states. Two things are going on at those levels. In many cases, you’re right, those state and local governments are either rooting them on, or they’re too timid to do anything about it. Then there are the courts. The rioters are fearless, because they know there will be no repercussions for their actions. And the police know that if they applied deadly force, or frankly any force at all, it would be the police who go to prison. Try being a cop in that environment.

    The federal government is in a totally different situation. The anti-Trumpers want Trump to become the tyrant they all screamed he would become, and he hasn’t. Frankly, the federal government’s role, even authority, is very limited unless asked to step in and help. And of course those same city and state governments aren’t about to do that. And, frankly, Trump is smart enough not to steamroll over them. Because if he did it would not go well for him or anybody else.

    I put this on another thread:

    Bob Thompson

    I think state and local elected governments allowing the Left to do the illegal acts we have recently witnessed in many states without any state or local efforts to stop it and charge those responsible with the appropriate crimes that exist in law is a violation of Article IV of the Constitution that guarantees the people of the states a republican form of government.

    Wouldn’t maintaining law and order so that the lives and property of citizens is reasonably protected fall under this provision allowing the POTUS to step in?

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  20. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    Quietpi (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    So why is the government allowing this? Obviously because they want it too. If this was a right wing protest cops would be shooting protesters by the dozens.

    That’s just crazy. And when you say, “government,” you need to be more specific. Stuff like this is up to the cities and states. Two things are going on at those levels. In many cases, you’re right, those state and local governments are either rooting them on, or they’re too timid to do anything about it. Then there are the courts. The rioters are fearless, because they know there will be no repercussions for their actions. And the police know that if they applied deadly force, or frankly any force at all, it would be the police who go to prison. Try being a cop in that environment.

    The federal government is in a totally different situation. The anti-Trumpers want Trump to become the tyrant they all screamed he would become, and he hasn’t. Frankly, the federal government’s role, even authority, is very limited unless asked to step in and help. And of course those same city and state governments aren’t about to do that. And, frankly, Trump is smart enough not to steamroll over them. Because if he did it would not go well for him or anybody else.

    Why would I need more specific?  You yourself list many ways the government is backing this, as well as some the reasons why.  There are many more reasons, but it comes down to that the various governments in this country are Democrat organizations working for Democrat purposes, for Democrat citizens.  The rest of us will be fed to the mob.

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  21. Quietpi Member
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    Bob Thompson (View Comment):

    I think state and local elected governments allowing the Left to do the illegal acts we have recently witnessed in many states without any state or local efforts to stop it and charge those responsible with the appropriate crimes that exist in law is a violation of Article IV of the Constitution that guarantees the people of the states a republican form of government.

    Wouldn’t maintaining law and order so that the lives and property of citizens is reasonably protected fall under this provision allowing the POTUS to step in?

    This is a real question that is way above my pay grade.  When is it appropriate and necessary for the federal government to take this step? I’ve studied too much the history of the American Civil War to take it lightly.  Actually, I’ve wondered for probably over a decade whether or not the United States today would have the nerve to stop states from seceding.  Pondering the question, even back then, I suspected that we would not. 

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  22. Quietpi Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):
    Why would I need more specific? You yourself list many ways the government is backing this, as well as some the reasons why. There are many more reasons, but it comes down to that the various governments in this country are Democrat organizations working for Democrat purposes, for Democrat citizens. The rest of us will be fed to the mob.

    And you make the same error again.  I totally agree that Democrats and Democrats light (far too many Republicans) have far more influence (read corruption) than is good for the country.  But with a Democrat in the White House, faced with such a situation, s/he would not hesitate to take over, in blatant violation of the Constitution and what is supposed to be our federal form of government.  Once again I say – Democrats screamed that Trump would be a tyrant, once again following the advice of Joseph Goebbels; “Blame your enemies with your sins.”  Trump has not become the tyrant the Dems wanted him to be, so that they could scream that their prediction was true – whereupon a Dem president would be elected, and s/he would indeed take on the role of tyrant.  Because Tuquoque.  

    You may hate the guy’s guts.  But he has accomplished far more than I thought he ever could, with more than half the federal government, and the “deep state,” aligned against him.

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  23. Manny Coolidge
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    Good news.  I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden.  You cannot reward the rioters.  If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked.  Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

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  24. kedavis Coolidge
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    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    If only Dems voted with their mind, not their feels.

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  25. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    Why?  Law and justice have very little to do with teach other.  Biden is all for laws, the more the better.  

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  26. Bob Thompson Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    If only Dems voted with their mind, not their feels.

    Worse than that is the media, with help from NeverTrump Republicans and Democrats, constructing fake news stories that then get used to reinforce their feelings.

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  27. Bob Thompson Member
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    Why? Law and justice have very little to do with teach other. Biden is all for laws, the more the better.

    Manny didn’t say ‘law and justice’, he said ‘law and order’.

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  28. Manny Coolidge
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    Bob Thompson (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    If only Dems voted with their mind, not their feels.

    Worse than that is the media, with help from NeverTrump Republicans and Democrats, constructing fake news stories that then get used to reinforce their feelings.

    Exactly.  Democrats don’t believe in law and order.  They’re never going to vote for Trump.  It’s the NeverTrumpers that have to really think about who they should support.  

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  29. Manny Coolidge
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    Bob Thompson (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Manny (View Comment):

    Good news. I don’t see how anyone concerned with law and order can vote for Biden. You cannot reward the rioters. If you reward them with a Biden victory then you would have allowed rioting to have worked. Donald Trump has to win in November, whether you like Trump or not.

    Why? Law and justice have very little to do with teach other. Biden is all for laws, the more the better.

    Manny didn’t say ‘law and justice’, he said ‘law and order’.

    Thank you.

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