One of the reasons Donald Trump has become so popular with many Americans lies in his gut-level pro-Americanism. Trump doesn't make blue-collar Americans feel bad about themselves. He tells them they're not racist, they're not sexists. Trump doesn't make those who earn feel rotten. He tells them he's earned too and he's proud of it. Most of all, though, Trump does not tear down law enforcement. That last fact was on full display on Tuesday when the

president-elect called the family of San Antonio police officer Benjamin Marconi, who was

murdered on Sunday during a traffic stop. Police Chief William McManus said the uniform was the

target in the murder. Marconi's son Dane got on Facebook and posted, quote, just got off the phone

with future President Trump. He sends his condolences to our family. Trump's team has said nothing about the call thus far. This isn't the first such call for Trump post-election. Shortly after the election, Trump called the widow of murdered New York Police Department Sergeant Paul Toazolo to offer condolences. He said, I'm very sorry, I cannot be here with you today. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.

This is classy stuff.

It's also necessary.

President Obama sometimes called the families of slain cops.

He routinely called the families of black people shot by cops under disputed circumstances at best.

When he spoke at the funeral service for targeted and murdered at Dallas police officers,

he used the dais to rip police across the country as suffering from implicit bias and racism.

Americans rightly got the impression Obama didn't care nearly as much about targeted officers

as he did about his misguided crusade to slander officers as the source of anti-black racism.

That is certainly not the message from Trump.

Trump isn't standing by bad police officers, of course, but he is making it clear that he stands

by police officers across the country and that he takes their lives seriously. That is a hell

of a change from the current occupants of the Oval Office. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro

show. All righty, so much to get to here today, but we I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

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