Can Sheriffs Endorse Candidates While in Uniform? This One Thinks He Can
“I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said, with a smirk to the camera.
![Red background with a phone in the center displaying Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on Instagram Live in his sheriff uniform and sitting in his car. Surrounding the phone are elements relating to Bianco and sherrifs, including a print that reads "IT'S TIME WE PUT A FELON IN THE WHITE HOUSE," an image of Trump saluting, a GUILTY stamp, an ULTRA MAGA button, a sheriff's badge and a MAGA hat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cali-Sheriff-Backs-Trump-WEB.png)
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“I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said, with a smirk to the camera.
Each year, this is the month progressive organizations hold our breaths on certain weekday mornings, wondering which life-altering decisions will drop next.
Maya Angelou warned us: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Just how many times do the conservative Supreme Court justices have to show us who they are before we respond accordingly?
As an Ohio college student deeply invested in democracy, I strongly oppose any attempts to silence young people at the polls.
If the question is whether cities like Grants Pass are engaging in “cruel and unusual” behavior, this should be an open-and-shut case.
Even though Arizona Democrats — and two Republican legislators — succeeded in overturning the 1864 law, there is still cause for concern.
Just as in 2020, to focus exclusively on federal races, and ignore the very real threats in battleground states legislatures is shortsighted.
Just because LaRose’s path to the U.S. Senate hit a major roadblock doesn’t mean his anti-democratic actions will.
If we want to preserve what we have left we have to acknowledge the very real and present threat and demand champions who will fight back.
Yes, the Supreme Court, another institution of democracy, bent to accommodate Donald J. Trump. Maybe it was the correct decision.
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