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May 14, 2026 | Research | Adam Brauns
Police and Crime

Democrats Disrespect, Defund, And Demean Police Officers

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PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS BACK THE BLUE, MAKING AMERICA SAFER


  • This Police Week, Republicans are celebrating the great service of our nation’s law enforcement while Democrats continue to spew hatred towards law enforcement officers.
  • President Trump’s promised to crack down on crime throughout the nation and he’s delivering results.
    • Murder rates in major cities have been at the lowest rate since 1900.
    • Violent crime from homicides to assaults to robberies have plummeted across major cities since President Trump took office.

DEMOCRATS HATE POLICE

  • While Republicans celebrate low crime, Democrats continue to demonize law enforcement officers.
    • Kamala Harris praised the defund the police movement.
    • Gretchen Whitmer said she supported the “spirit” of efforts to defund the police.
    • Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez thinks we should defund the police.
    • Ilhan Omar supports the defund the police movement.
    • Zohran Mamdani wants to defund the police.
    • Stacey Abrams supports defunding the police.
    • Beto O’Rourke “loves” the idea of defunding the police.
  • Democrats have voted in Congress to defund law enforcement and take away paychecks from the brave men and women who keep Americans safe.
    • Earlier this year, Democrats repeatedly voted to defund the Department of Homeland Security and force federal law enforcement to work without pay, until President Trump and Republicans stepped in to provide paychecks to support these heroes.
  • Democrats are singling out federal immigration enforcement officers, slandering them and threatening to defund and abolish their agencies.
    • Adam Schiff compared federal immigration officers to Nazis.
    • Raphael Warnock called immigration officers “evil.”
    • Josh Shapiro wants to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    • JB Pritzker bragged about his “Illinois accountability commission” to gather “evidence” to prosecute ICE officers.
    • Tim Walz said that immigration officers are “not law enforcement.”
    • Ted Lieu threatened to prosecute immigration officers if Democrats gained Congressional power.
    • Pramila Jayapal threatened to abolish immigration law enforcement if Democrats take the majority.
    • Yassamin Ansari boasted that immigration officers were not “law enforcement.” 
    • Seth Moulton compared immigration law enforcement to “state sponsored terrorists” in Iraq.
    • Joaquin Castro said he’d rather prosecute immigration law enforcement officers than illegal aliens.
    • Gabe Vasquez admitted he wants to defund the police.
  • Democrats aren’t just slandering law enforcement and taking their paychecks, they are putting them in danger.
    • Gavin Newsom bragged about signing a bill to dox law enforcement officers and compared them to Nazis.
    • LaMonica McIver assaulted law enforcement officers saying she was just “doing my job.”

DEMCORAT CANDIDATES ARE TAKING UP THE MANTLE OF HATING LAW ENFORCEMENT


  • Being anti-police is one of the core positions of the Democrat Party as prominent candidates this cycle espouse hatred for police.
  • Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner called his police chief “thin blue line trash” for not kneeling during a George Floyd protest.
  • Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow was “proud” of her staff for joining the Black Lives Matter violent protests which assaulted law enforcement officers.
  • Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called to “defund” the police.
  • Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn employed a staffer who attended an anti-police rally with severed pig heads.
  • North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper released 3,500 criminals early as governor, and half went to reoffend, including 18 who have been charged with murder.
  • Texas Senate candidate James Talarico said police officers fuel a “culture of violence.”
  • Arizona congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza supports defunding the police.
  • Iowa congressional candidate Christina Bohannan encouraged Iowans to donate to the bail fund of those arrested while rioting during the defund the police movement.
  • Wisconsin congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke called for defunding “brute police enforcement.”

LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSE PRESIDENT TRUMP


  • The National Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. 
  • National Association of Police Organizations endorsed Trump in 2020 and 2024.
    • Executive director Bill Johnson railed against Joe Biden saying, “He’s writing a sad final chapter when it comes to supporting law enforcement.”