NYC police? ROFL.
I lived in metro NY until 1989 and visited frequently after moving. Trump has been in the NY headlines for years, and usually not in a good way. Like when Trump Tower got a 40 year tax abatement meant to encourage investment in "distressed areas." Mayor Ed Koch said that Trump's Tower of million dollar condos and retailers didn't need 40 years of tax breaks, and that 5th Avenue bordering Central Park was not a "distressed area."
Trump sued the city in the NY Supreme Court to get his 40 tax free years in Trump Tower--and won.
Trump Tower went on the tax rolls in about 2019.
Truthfully, now, how could New Yorkers feel anything other than contempt for this man who paid no taxes while they themselves paid high taxes?
I remember Manhattan in 1989 - The first year of David Dinkins - when garbage was piled up 6' high on the sides of the street - where you couldn't walk without being accosted by a drunk, an addict or a prostitute. Yeah the good ol' days of Democratic rule. It was the closest think to a war zone you could ever experience.
The city was so desperate for people to invest in it, they were offering land developers 40 year tax abatements, then they tried to renege on their agreements. Thank goodness the courts made them keep their agreements.
Yeah the 1980's and 1990's Trump was a darling of the Democrats - invited to all the fundraising gala's and wedding of the whose who of Democratic leadership. Donating multiple millions into their campaigns.
Love and appreciated until he came down the escalator a Republican.
How easy they forget.
Leader of police group that backed Obama-Biden throws support to President Trump. Praises president's 'steadfast' support during difficult times.
www.latimes.com
While Kenosha, Wis., and other cities continued to rock Wednesday with protests over the police shooting of an unarmed Black man, the Republican National Convention heard from a police union leader who said the true root of violence in the streets is elected officials “refusing to allow law enforcement to protect our communities.”
Michael McHale, president of the Nation Assn. of Police Organizations, made no reference to this week’s shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. He instead focused on how President Trump would protect police and communities from what he depicted as the menace of people taking to the streets.
“The violence and bloodshed we are seeing in these and other cities isn’t happening by chance,” said McHale, a veteran police officer from Sarasota, Fla. “It’s the direct result of refusing to allow law enforcement to protect our communities.”
“The differences between Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris are crystal clear,” McHale said. “Your choices are the most pro-law-enforcement president we have ever had or the most radical anti-police ticket in our history.”
His political donations provide an objective look at just how big this change has been: Since 1989, donations in Donald Trump's name have totaled around $1.4 million (adjusted for inflation) to national-level parties, candidates, and other committees. Around two-thirds of that has gone to Republican groups and candidates, according to an NPR analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics. However, Trump's decisive tilt toward giving to Republicans has only come in the last few years.
thehill.com
