Sen. Pat Toomey Is Trying to Protect His Seat by Arming the Police

[riversedge]

I hope Biden & Hillary bring this up on Friday when they are in PA!

07.05.16 12:00 AM ET


Sen. Pat Toomey Is Trying to Protect His Seat by Arming the Police

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/05/sen-pat-toomey-is-trying-to-protect-his-seat-by-arming-the-police.html


In the race of his political life, the Republican is advocating a security platform that includes reinstating a program to arm police with weapons more suited for Baghdad than Scranton.

During his time in the Senate, Pat Toomey has rarely made an issue of police militarization and law enforcement responses to terrorism.

Which is what makes his current push to arm the police so puzzling.

In a letter to the White House last week, Toomey urged the president to rescind an executive order that blocked transfers of surplus high-caliber military equipment to local law enforcement.

“You have continued to restrict local police access to armored vehicles, explosives, protective helmets, and other lifesaving, federal equipment,” Toomey wrote to Obama. “Specifically, you have restricted local police departments from using federal funds for these items.”..........................

[brer cat]

1. I hope this comes back to bite him in the a$$.

Just what we don't need!

Thanks for posting, riversedge! I also hope Hillary & Joe hit him with this.

[femmocrat]

2. He is running some nasty ads against McGinty.

Over and over..... ad nauseum!

We have not seen or heard "hide nor hair" of him for 5 1/2 years and all of sudden he is all over the teevee.