the fraternal order of police made the monumental decision to endorse donald trump on friday, saying that trump <u+201c>understands and supports our priorities, and our members believe he will make america safe again.<u+201d> trump had responded to a 12-page questionnaire from the organization and then met with its leaders last month in trump tower. meanwhile, democratic nominee hillary clinton didn<u+2019>t even bother to respond until after the deadline had passed. her carelessness did not give the fop time to distribute her answers to state lodges across the state. the fop has not endorsed a democratic candidate since 1996, jim pasco, the union<u+2019>s executive director, noted. <u+201c>his representations to us, both in his public statements about police and in our meeting with him as a follow-up to the questionnaire, he made commitments to us that he would support law enforcement if was elected, and keep our views in mind as he undertook to uphold the threshold responsibility of a president, which is to protect public safety,<u+201d> pasco noted. in the questionnaire, trump was honest. he did not always commit to supporting fop positions. but he did offer strong support for the second amendment, saying that, <u+201c>gun control laws are not the answer to gun violence.<u+201d> the police union, representing 330,000 members, made its endorsement in nashville. two-thirds of the board, including one representative from each of 46 states and the district, were required to vote in favor of the endorsements. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s made a real commitment to america<u+2019>s law enforcement and we<u+2019>re proud to make a commitment to him and his campaign by endorsing his candidacy today,<u+201d> fop president chuck canterbury said in a press release. what do you think? do you support trump as our nation<u+2019>s president-elect?
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