Pence to headline 'Cops for Trump' event in Pennsylvania next week
Source: The Hill
President Trump's campaign announced Saturday that Vice President Pence will host a Cops for Trump event Thursday in Greensburg, Pa., a state Trump flipped in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point.
Greensburg sits in Westmoreland County, an area in western Pennsylvania that went for Trump by more than 30 points in 2016. It is exactly the kind of place where the president needs to juice turnout in his bid to repeat his success of four years ago.
The event comes amid widespread protests over systemic racism and police brutality that have been ongoing since the end of May ...
The Trump administration and his campaign have sought to seize on the demonstrations, accusing protesters rallying to defund the police of trying to scrap law enforcement altogether in an attempt to shore up support, particularly among suburban voters.
The campaign said in a press release that Thursdays event will reaffirm the Trump Administration's commitment to always back the blue and condemn Joe Biden for his embrace of the far-left 'defund the police' movement. Vice President Joe Biden has distanced himself from the defund the police movement, but Trump and his allies have still tried to tie him to it.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/509028-pence-to-headline-cops-for-trump-event-in-pennsylvania-next-week
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)scrap law enforcement this fucking bunch has committed treason, have over 145,000 deaths on there hands, 4 million infected and the guy leading this shit show was IMPEACHED..........and then they are going to send the second string has been........got it................
LeftInTX
(25,722 posts)2naSalit
(86,900 posts)If all the Secret Service detail are out with the covid.
PSPS
(13,628 posts)2naSalit
(86,900 posts)so he never has to remove his hood.
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,033 posts)Assholes and thugs for hire
Kaiserguy
(740 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)Fat Donnie made a big deal out of having his assistant handing him Biden's thick book of plans...only to be shown to be a liar. Again. The words "defund the police" didn't appear anywhere in the document.
It reminded me of when Jon Stewart had on his show the most fervent GOP spokesperson against the ACA. She smugly set on the desk a thick document she carried everywhere, which she said contained the entire ACA. Stewart asked her where it said anything about "death panels." As she desperately flipped through the document looking for something that wasn't there, Stewart calmly said, "I'll wait..."
God, I miss Jon Stewart. He's the one I want to see interview Trump. "When no other president has ever done so, why did you feel it necessary for you to take a cognitive test? I thought you said you are a 'stable genius.'" "Next question: Now that you know Putin is paying a bounty on U.S. soldiers, what are you going to do about it?"
MustLoveBeagles
(11,673 posts)The Covidiot would never have agreed to an interview with him. He's too much of a coward.
DeminPennswoods
(15,294 posts)Mike Wallace, Chris' dad, died in 2012.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)I'm so old I remember watching his dad appear as one of the original correspondents of "60 Minutes." I'd be watching it today if Andy Rooney was still doing his rants:
DeminPennswoods
(15,294 posts)I, too, remember 60 Minutes with Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Morely Safer, Harry Reasoner.
Yeehah
(4,599 posts)"Look! We're beatin' up the hippies real good! Vote for us!"
riversedge
(70,420 posts)from Portland--saying this is Biden's America.
wheelinanddealin
(22 posts)they know no decency
C Moon
(12,225 posts)Trump and Barr are trying to get police to back him and help him turn America into a fascist state.
bluestarone
(17,102 posts)What it's about! DIVIDE and CONQUER!
C Moon
(12,225 posts)I can't help but think Barr is sending out people to start violent protests so they can send their thugs to the big cities and get their dirty work done. Notice: these will only happen in blue states.
Turbineguy
(37,396 posts)"So tell me, how do you guys feel about the law?"
MadLinguist
(792 posts)He and the cops who follow him are all public servants, proselytizing on the government dime for the POS POTUS are violating federal law. So tired of their disgusting activities parading in full view, with no hindrance
Jedi Guy
(3,284 posts)The act applies primarily to federal employees or state/local government employees whose salaries are paid for by federal funds, with a few other exceptions. That wouldn't apply to just about all local or state LEOs. I'm no lawyer, but that's my understanding of how the act would apply to these cops.
They have the same right as anyone else to attend an event for their chosen candidate, as long as they do so in accordance with whatever regulations govern their specific agencies. I imagine most are forbidden to attend such events while on duty or while in uniform, pretty much like the military.
marble falls
(57,427 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)If he sees his shadow,
does Trump get four more years?
JohnnyRingo
(18,675 posts)Bullet headed Saxon mothers' sons with frightening tattoos. Those who joined the force to crack heads and carry a gun. MAGA!
PennytheDog
(5 posts)I ordered tix but cant go.