{"id":637453,"date":"2021-08-12T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=637453"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T18:36:08","slug":"white-house-throws-support-behind-hawley-plan-to-hire-100000-new-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-throws-support-behind-hawley-plan-to-hire-100000-new-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Throws Support Behind Hawley Plan To Hire 100,000 New Police Officers"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhite-house-throws-support-behind-hawley-plan-to-hire-100000-new-police-officers%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=637453&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\/08\/hawley-scaled-e1628790969372.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"32.755214050494\">\n<p>The White House distanced itself from the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement by endorsing Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley\u2019s proposal to hire 100,000 new cops, according to a press release from the Office of Josh Hawley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/josh-hawley-agenda-hire-100000-police-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawley introduced legislation<\/a> in June to combat <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/23\/la-police-union-jerreta-sandoz-newsom-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spiking crime rates<\/a>. The legislative agenda included hiring 100,000 new police officers, increasing penalties for assaulting officers, protecting the privacy of law enforcement officials, expanding concealed carry rights for judges and prosecutors and creating a criminal offense for targeting officers based on their occupation, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/senator-hawley-introduces-legislative-agenda-hire-100000-new-police-officers-keep-american-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of Josh Hawley<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/09\/missouri-republican-senator-josh-hawley-police-officers-raise-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Under Siege\u2019: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Bill To Give A Raise To Police Officers Amid Calls To Defund The Police)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of Senate Democrats voted in support of Hawley\u2019s proposal Wednesday and the White House endorsed it Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1363636363636\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: White House endorses my proposal for 100,000 NEW cops on the street. It\u2019s about time Joe Biden stood up to the anti-cop, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundThePolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundThePolice<\/a> extremists in his party in the House cc: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoriBush<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/losnfeSgW1\">https:\/\/t.co\/losnfeSgW1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1425810007715729411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.621848739496\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All but one Senate Democrat voted tonight for my amendment for 100,000 NEW cops on the street \u2013 so I\u2019m inviting each of them to become cosponsors of my legislation. Here\u2019s an opportunity for Dems to acknowledge they\u2019ve been wrong the whole last year. We need MORE police funding <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uCW5z7W7Y\">pic.twitter.com\/3uCW5z7W7Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1425373352978522115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmerican families aren\u2019t safe, but they deserve to be. And they can be if we will act. This is not the time to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/democrats-defund-police-unpopular-blame-republicans-eric-adams-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defund the police<\/a> or vilify them, but to support the brave men and women in blue \u2013 and put more of them on the streets. Immediately,\u201d said Hawley about his proposal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House distanced itself from the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement by endorsing Republican Missouri Sen. 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