South Cook News

Orland Township Republican Committeeperson Cynthia Nelson Katsenes is advocating for the message Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered to the state’s law enforcement community on President’s Day.

Katsenes is running for the trustee position for the Village of Orland Park.

“Outstanding support for Governor Ron DeSantis. A strong message of hope for all Republicans,” Katsenes said on Facebook. 

DeSantis visited New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, on President's Day. The “Back the Blue” events were aimed at law enforcement. The “Back the Blue” events were aimed at law enforcement, Dupage Policy Journal reported. “The reason why you have crime that is spiraled out of control in so many of these different areas is because you have politicians putting woke ideology ahead of public safety,” DeSantis said to a crowd of law enforcement officers at the Elmhurst Knights of Columbus Hall. “As you see, massive increases in crime in places like Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia. Florida has a 50-year low in our crime rate.” 

The Florida governor is making public safety an issue as he prepares for an inevitable run for president next year. DeSantis's political team organized the Elmhurst appearance called “Law and Order: Florida Leading the Way,” Chicago Sun-Times reported. The event was promoted by Chicago Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police which noted in an email to members that it was for “law enforcement members only, spouses are not included.” 

Joan McCarthy, who attended the event and whose brother works for the Chicago Police Department, told WTTW she is disappointed in the records of Democrat leaders including Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. “We’ve got to support law and order. Our society, if we don’t have law and order, then we’re in total chaos,” McCarthy told WTTW. “I totally back the blue and I think that police have been getting kind of a raw deal in Illinois, and I came to support and to hear what another governor from another state is going.”