Thursday, Apr. 4, 2024
Has ‘just about every law enforcement agency in the country’ endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2024?
As of early April, few law enforcement organizations have announced endorsements in the 2024 presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump, comparing himself with President Joe Biden, claimed in an April 1 Milwaukee radio interview that he is “supported by just about every law enforcement agency in the country; I think, maybe every one.”
Police unions — not law enforcement agencies such as police or sheriff’s departments — endorse candidates.
So far in the 2024 race, Trump has been endorsed by the board of the International Union of Police Associations and by the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Florida’s largest law enforcement union.
Trump’s campaign didn’t reply to Wisconsin Watch’s request for information.
In the 2020 campaign, Trump was also endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest police union, which hasn’t announced a 2024 endorsement.
Biden in 2020 was endorsed by nearly 200 current and former law enforcement officials.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
- Dan O'Donnell The Dan O'Donnell Show, Monday April 1st
- International Association of Police Associations News release
- Fox News State's largest police union makes major endorsement in 2024 presidential race
- Reuters Trump wins backing of largest U.S. police union as he touts 'law and order
- WisPolitics Biden campaign: More than 190 law enforcement officials across the nation announce support
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