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   Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says he is tired of legislators and   
   elected officials not caring about the rule of law.   
      
   That’s why he says he’s endorsing former President Donald Trump, who was   
   just convicted last week in the state of New York on 34 counts of   
   falsifying business records, in the November election.   
      
   In a video posted to his personal Instagram account, Bianco, appearing in   
   uniform and seemingly in a department vehicle, said he had spent his   
   entire law enforcement career working to arrest criminals and put them   
   behind bars. But he says he believes California policies have made that   
   job harder and, as far as he sees it, criminals are not only being let off   
   easy, but are being told they bear no responsibility for the crimes they   
   commit.   
      
   “This love affair that our governor and our state legislature have with   
   criminals is based on the belief that criminals are not responsible for   
   their own actions, that they are a victim of society, and really, it’s our   
   fault,” Bianco says in the video. “It’s society’s fault. It’s business’s   
   fault. It’s cops fault, it might be my fault.”   
      
   In the video, which is sarcastic in tone, Bianco said politicians,   
   California Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular have “slashed” law enforcement   
   budgets, closed prisons and let criminals out of detention early. Newsom   
   has spearheaded the closure of multiple California prisons, but the   
   Riverside County Sheriff’s Department budget has increased more than $270   
   million since 2019, when Bianco was sworn in, according to the County’s   
   open budget tool.   
      
   Bianco also challenged the idea of systemic racism or bias in law   
   enforcement or the judicial system and instead said criminals were   
   actually receiving preferential treatment.   
      
   “And so they let them out, they give them food, they give them housing,   
   they give them money, they give them drugs and alcohol now, and I gotta be   
   honest, I’m getting tired,” Bianco said.   
      
   In a tongue-in-cheek delivery, Bianco implied he was done fighting against   
   the tide and trying to enforce the laws and thus, “switching teams” and   
   instead endorsing a convicted criminal in Trump.   
      
   “I think it’s time that instead of letting them out of jail and and giving   
   them alcohol and drugs and everything else, I think it’s time we put a   
   felon in the White House,” Bianco said.   
      
   It was unclear how his endorsement of Trump in 2024 would have an effect   
   on the issues he has with with Gov. Newsom, the California legislature or   
   the state laws that he said favor criminals.   
      
   Bianco, a Republican, has been considering running for the California   
   Governor’s Office in 2026, according to reporting from The Press-   
   Enterprise. After the video was posted, some social commenters floated his   
   name as a possible Trump running mate.   
      
   The sheriff concluded his video by urging others to follow his lead.   
      
   “Trump 2024, baby,” Bianco said. “Let’s save this country and make America   
   great again.”   
      
   https://ktla.com/news/california/its-time-we-put-a-felon-in-the-white-   
   house-california-sheriff-says/   
      
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