The International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) endorsed former President Donald Trump in his White House bid on Tuesday, as polling shows crime is a top issue to the American electorate.
In a press release, IUPA President Sam Cabral announced that the organization’s executive board of directors unanimously endorsed Trump.
“President Trump’s history of support for the men and women of Law Enforcement is unmatched. His policies and actions were directed at improving safety in our communities and the men and women who provide that shield,” the release stated, adding that the 45th president “earned and deserves” the IUPA’s “wholehearted support.”
The organization, first chartered in 1979, went on to call out aspects of Democrats’ “doctrine” that have had “tragic” impacts on communities:
Much of the Democratic Party's doctrine supports defunding the police, favors sanctuary cities, open borders, and reduced accountability for criminal behavior. The tragic result is apparent in those cities that have embraced these policies—the unfortunately forced business closures and plight that followed. Roving gangs are terrorizing retail businesses, raiding them with absolute impunity, akin to a thousand-year-old past—regressive rather than their own progressive ideology. They have not dealt with the consequences of their own failed strategies, while we have all suffered.
via joemiller