The president of Florida’s largest police union appeared Friday on “Fox & Friends” to explain why the organization supports President Trump.
“We are 30,000 strong. We went from panhandle to Daytona, from Tampa to Miami and the Keys, ”said Florida Police Charitable Association President John Kazanjian.
Kazanjian explained that the decision to endorse Trump began with his move last week to convene an “emergency conference phone meeting” with all the chapter’s presidents and board of directors and statutes.
“I explained to him about what’s happening not just in Florida but across the country that, ‘Hey, you know what, we’re getting hit. We’re getting used to it like a punching bag and we’re tired of it and President Donald Trump has been there for us. He supported us. “
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Kazanjian’s comments came after a Florida county-level union rescinded its endorsement of a Democratic candidate for the state legislature, in the wake of public statements calling for the police to be demilitarized and questioning the need for patrol officers drive unmarked cars, Fox The news has learned.
The Palm Beach County Police Charitable Association, which has approximately 5,000 members, endorsed former prosecutor-turned-criminal attorney Michael Weinstein in his bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in early July.
But after Weinstein completed a questionnaire with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, which was released on June 26, the union changed its mind, Kazanjian told Fox News.
“When Michael Weinstein came to the Palm Beach County PBA for our support, he expressed to us that he supported and respected the police and the police at large,” Kazanjian said in a statement. “He never expressed the opinion that the police are militarized, that unmarked police cars caused mistrust, or asked for more civil review boards, all of which he later told the Sun-Sentinel to perhaps win their endorsement.” If we had known that he supported these drastic changes in surveillance, which we strongly oppose, we would never have supported him. ”
Kazanjian said that after expressing the idea of supporting Trump, his colleagues supported him “unanimously” in a vote. Kazanjian said the vote “carried a lot of weight.”
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“I received a motion to endorse President Donald Trump for these 2020 presidential elections,” he said.
Kazanjian went on to say, “Not just the 30,000 votes we got from members in Florida. Don’t forget about our friends and families, retirees … I think in the last cycle, we also put the president on top and guess what.” Come on. to go into effect this time to put the president on top. “
Kazanjian said he will meet with Trump to deliver the approval letter later Friday at the White House.
“I am proud to do it.”
