Blaze News original: 'Defund the police' dying out, but cop-hatred from Dems, media still going strong | Blaze Media

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "President Trump has always been very supportive of law enforcement," he said.
50% : Bouchard told Blaze News that once Trump resumes office, "support of law enforcement will go up dramatically.
49% : Dave Goitia, who was decorated with the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor by then-President George W. Bush, noted that federal lawmakers, state governors, and local mayors are not the only ones who have contributed to anti-police fervor.
49% : "The media has also played an important role in creating anti-police animus, Goitia, Bouchard, and Maysonet all told Blaze News.
44% : "Today, in this audience, I see people who have protested on behalf of criminal justice reform grieving alongside police officers.
42% : ""It's constant 'police reform,' 'police reform,' 'police reform,' and that rhetoric makes it sound like we're broken, that all cops are doing something that's inappropriate," Bouchard said, "and that's absolutely false."This mischaracterization of law enforcement has led to poor recruitment and retention as well as public mistreatment of law enforcement officers, he said.
40% : While the number of officers killed in the line of duty has dipped in the last couple years, the number skyrocketed in the aftermath of the May 2020 death of George Floyd, the re-emergence of Black Lives Matter, and the calls from Democrats and activists across the country to defund police departments.
38% : He makes it clear that law enforcement is not the problem in this country and that law enforcement need to be supported."While Maysonet, who voted for Trump in 2024, is similarly optimistic about a second Trump term, he is concerned that the media and some lawmakers will continue to vilify law enforcement agents, especially those charged with conducting mass deportations of illegal immigrants.

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