{"id":485804,"date":"2021-05-08T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=485804"},"modified":"2021-05-08T17:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:50:42","slug":"detroit-police-chief-readying-gop-bid-for-michigan-governor-against-whitmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-police-chief-readying-gop-bid-for-michigan-governor-against-whitmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Police Chief Readying GOP Bid For Michigan Governor Against Whitmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdetroit-police-chief-readying-gop-bid-for-michigan-governor-against-whitmer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=485804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-187175822.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Detroit Police Chief James Craig is reportedly readying a Republican bid for Michigan governor, potentially providing the GOP with a strong candidate to defeat Democratic\u00a0Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the high-profile midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>Craig, who has served as Detroit\u2019s police chief since 2013, has spoken to both state and national Republican officials about a possible gubernatorial run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/detroit-police-chief-michigan-governor-campaign-485860\">according to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/detroit-police-chief-james-craig-retirement-considers-state-office\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/552482-detroit-police-chief-planning-gubernatorial-run-against-whitmer?rl=1\">reports<\/a>. His discussions have reportedly included Ron Weiser, the\u00a0Michigan Republican Party chairman, as well as GOP Arizona Governor\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Doug Ducey<\/span>, the chair of the Republican Governors Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a lifelong public servant,\u201d Craig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/detroit-city\/2021\/05\/07\/detroit-police-chief-james-craig-resign\/4995380001\/\">told<\/a> the Detroit News, although he stopped short of confirming his candidacy. \u201cI want to continue to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig is expected to announce his retirement from the Detroit Police Department Monday, followed by a news conference at which he will discuss his upcoming plans.<\/p>\n<p>As the country has grappled with the debate on race and police brutality, Craig, who is black, has consistently defended law enforcement, but he also praised the conviction of Derek Chauvin last month and has said officers should be held\u00a0\u201caccountable for violating their oath and breaking the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing I can say is the justice system worked,\u201d Craig said outside police headquarters in downtown Detroit the day of the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still a stain on our profession,\u201d he said, adding that it is \u201cnot reflective\u201d of all police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to deal with weeks and months of, at times, violent protests. But at the end of the day, the right thing was done,\u201d Craig said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the police chief noted that Detroit police officers have a\u00a0\u201cvery dangerous job,\u201d and has praised them as \u201cheroes.\u201d Last month, Craig blasted progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) after she said policing in the U.S. is \u201cinherently &#038; intentionally racist\u201d and called for \u201cno more policing\u201d since the institution \u201ccan\u2019t be reformed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you talk about vulnerable communities, they want effective and constitutional policing,\u201d Craig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/detroit-police-chief-james-craig-slams-rashida-tlaib-self-serving-comments-says-vulnerable-1587203\">said<\/a> on Fox News. \u201cSo who is she speaking for? They are reckless, and she is doing it as a self-serving approach, and it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Craig has also defended the right of Detroit residents to own firearms in order to defend themselves against immediate danger, <a href=\"https:\/\/detroit.cbslocal.com\/2014\/05\/19\/detroit-police-chief-gracing-cover-of-nra-magazine-defends-stance-on-right-to-bear-arms\/\">noting<\/a> in 2014 that \u201cfolks are sick and tired of being victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before returning to lead the police department in his home city of\u00a0Detroit, Craig served for many years as\u00a0a police officer in Los Angeles. He also served as chief of the police departments in\u00a0Cincinnati and Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Craig has already attracted the support of some prominent Republican donors, including Dan Eberhart, who voiced his support for Craig\u2019s potential candidacy on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan deserves better, and James Craig, the current Chief of the Detroit PD, would be an excellent choice!\u201d tweeted Eberhart.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer, who received fierce backlash for her strict coronavirus lockdown policies, has not announced her candidacy for reelection yet. Her approval rating has continued to sink, providing opportunities for potential candidates to launch bids against her.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Police Chief James Craig is reportedly readying a Republican bid for Michigan governor, potentially providing the GOP with a strong candidate to defeat Democratic\u00a0Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the high-profile &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277578,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-187175822.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Detroit Police Chief Readying GOP Bid For Michigan Governor Against Whitmer","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-187175822.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Detroit Police Chief Readying GOP Bid For Michigan Governor Against Whitmer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}