Trump vows to “back the blue” as he accepts the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police

CHARLOTTE, NC — In a statement released by Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, the FOP membership voted to endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. 

“Public safety and border security will be important issues in the last months of this campaign,” Yoes said. “Our members carefully considered the positions of the candidates on the issues and there was no doubt—zero doubt—as to who they want as our President for the next four years: Donald J. Trump.” 

As Trump took the stage at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel in Charlotte, NC to accept the endorsement, he was greeted by hugs from the local FOP members who shared the stage with him, and loud cheers from the assembled audience who began chanting his name.

“As your president, I will always back the blue,” Trump began. The cheers and ovations continued as Trump promised that unlike ‘Comrade Kamala’, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, he would never advocate for defunding the police.

“We have to gain back the power and respect that they deserve,” Trump said, referring to the law enforcement community, adding that he would give them the all the authority they need to “get rid of crime.”

“America’s cities and towns and suburbs are under siege,” Trump continued, at which point the former President began to attack Harris’ record on crime.

“Kamala Harris and the communist left are responsible for crime, misery and death. She is a threat to democracy.”

During his speech, Trump touched on a myriad of issues, including local crime, homelessness, illegal immigration, police funding, gang infiltration and drug trafficking. He blamed Harris, along with the entire Biden administration, for all of the above. Using his trademark phrase from the television show “The Apprentice”, Trump drew the loudest ovation of the day by saying “Kamala, you’re fired.”

“Mothers can’t take their kids to the park,” Trump continued. “There are mobs of criminals who have absolutely no fear of punishment. You can’t even go to a pharmacy without everything being locked up.” He then gave an example of how criminals are now walking into stores with calculators to determine how much they could steal – presumably to determine the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony.

Addressing the problem of illegal immigration, Trump attacked Harris’ record as attorney general in California and her effectiveness, or lack thereof, as America’s “Border Czar.”

“With her in charge, we have become a nation of fear and freeloading,” Trump stated. “We are being conquered. When I am president, we will take back every inch of land taken over by migrants.”

Trump also promised to bring ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to handle the illegal immigration problem, begin mass deportation efforts, and impose mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed by gangs.

“I will stop the invasion,” Trump continued, returning to his law and order theme. “I will seal the border. I will impose the death penalty for crimes committed by drug cartels and institute a Naval blockade.”

As he closed out his speech, he promised a room full of FOP members that while he might overfund the police, but he would never defund the police.

“When I am president, I will make America safe again.”

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