{"id":48606,"date":"2022-05-24T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=48606"},"modified":"2022-05-24T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:59:59","slug":"l-a-county-sheriff-alex-villanueva-endorses-michelle-steel-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=48606","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Endorses Michelle Steel for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sheriff Villanueva Joins Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes in Backing Steel for Congress<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Garden Grove, CA<\/strong> &#8211; Today, Congresswoman Michelle Steel announced the endorsement of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAs a member of Congress and former Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Michelle is a tireless supporter of law enforcement and it is my privilege to endorse her for another term in Congress where I know she will continue her work standing up for public safety and against the radical efforts to defund police,\u201d said Sheriff Villanueva. \u201cAs hate crimes against Asian Americans have been on the rise, Michelle has been a tireless advocate working to hold those responsible accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/9R66C5Yv7b6yMWzNrSwt5pH8CJ5OS0Gw6VQXAP9cIAuDN9C0a6jmxAkPU3ijpI34rwkfkt2hkjvi1iioowfCgMS4j7kGd54RLpdFXcRaD8VdplxLU1szeEOfExlOJMpnCgia0H9yzZiHiXkarkbxxyU2z0z67w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/2893da32a1bbb5d9946364090\/images\/bc87233a-b7fb-8d7a-02d4-52036e242b7a.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sheriff Villanueva\u2019s endorsement follows recent endorsements from Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI am honored to accept Sheriff Villanueva\u2019s endorsement,\u201d said Steel. \u201cSheriff Villanueva has stood strong as radical progressives have sought to defund his department and fire his employees \u2013 I look forward to working alongside him to ensure our men and women of law enforcement have the tools they need to do their jobs and keep our communities safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For a full list of Rep. Steel&#8217;s endorsements please visit\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/michellesteelca.com\/endorsements\/\">https:\/\/michellesteelca.com\/endorsements\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff Villanueva Joins Orange County Sheriff&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48607,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48606\/revisions\/48607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}