"The Biden campaign didn’t respond to when given the chance," Grenell added. "Why wouldn’t the Biden campaign immediately say 'of course we don’t support this!'??!" Pearl's comments came as the Trump campaign has portrayed Biden as weak on policing amid a nationwide movement to "defund" the police. According to her Twitter account, Pearl started with the Biden campaign on July 1, after working with Bernie Sanders' campaign. NAPO did not endorse a candidate in the 2016 election but endorsed former President Barack Obama and then-Vice President Biden in both the 2008 and 2012 elections.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 18:15 UTC