Glenn Youngkin receives endorsement from 50 sheriffs for VA gubernatorial race

Republican nominee for Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin received endorsements from 50 sheriffs on Monday.

"I am honored to have the support of Virginia's law enforcement community and look forward to working closely with them to make Virginia's communities among the safest in the nation, not the most dangerous," Youngkin said. "Terry McAuliffe has turned his back on law enforcement and embraced the most radical elements of his party that want to defund the police, abolish ICE, and close prisons."

Youngkin was previously endorsed by the Virginia Police Benevolent Association.

"It wasn't enough for Terry McAuliffe and his handpicked parole board to break the law and let certain violent criminals out of prison, now he and his allies want to defund the police and close ALL prisons," Montgomery County Sheriff Charles "Hank" Partin said. "We need a candidate who backs the blue and will restore safety in our communities, and that candidate is Glenn Youngkin."

McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee and former Virginia governor, tweeted that he was "proud to be endorsed" by New Virginia Majority last month, which supports defunding police, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and closing prisons, Fox News reported.