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NYPD war hero’s widow believes Kamala Harris gave her late husband an upset stomach.
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NYPD war hero’s widow believes Kamala Harris gave her late husband an upset stomach.

The NYPD’s “Superman” would be “sick to his stomach” at the thought of Vice President Harris winning the White House, his widow told The Post.

Bronx detective Joe Lemm was just 45 when he was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2015, four days before Christmas. It was the hero’s third overseas deployment with the Air National Guard while a member of the police force.

He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for placing himself between the killer and his team members, absorbing the weight of the blast and protecting other airmen from potentially fatal injuries, according to the award citation. Five other airmen were killed in the attack outside Bagram Airfield.

The married father of two – who earned his nickname for his chiseled good looks and bravery while serving repeatedly overseas and working on the NYPD’s tough-as-nails squad charged with hunting outlaws – reportedly dismissed the “lack of support for us ” of the Harris-Biden administration. our military and police departments across the country,” said Christine Lemm.

NYPD widow Christine Lemm and her children, Brooke and Ryan, hold a street plaque in memory of her husband. Helayne Seidman

“Joe wanted Trump in office,” she said. “He saw too much abroad and was confident that Trump could deal with our enemies.

“A lot of lives would be lost if this administration continues, overseas and domestically,” added Lemm, a staunch Trump supporter who pointed to the Biden administration’s “disastrous withdrawal” from Afghanistan.

The 51-year-old met President Trump and received a hug from him while laying a wreath for her husband in Midtown Manhattan in 2019.

She now avoids the Big Apple because of the violent consequences of criminal justice reforms, she said.

“Criminals are locked up and slapped and released without bail, and again, that’s a policy of, for the most part, our Democratic officials in office,” the Westchester County resident said.

Facebook picture of Joseph Lemm, pictured with his children Ryan and Brooke.

Lemm blamed local liberals who passed criminal justice reforms that handcuffed cops and made people less safe. Bail reform, onerous discovery rules, and “Raise the Age” law reforms have made it harder to catch bad guys and keep them in jail.

“They are thrown back into the streets, not once, not twice, many times and again,” she said. “So I cannot understand how we allow this to happen, how the current administrations, from the presidency down to local agencies, allow this.

New York Post cover honoring Lemm after he was killed. NEW YORK POST
Print edition of the New York Post story covering the death of Joe Lemm. NEW YORK POST

“I’m very scared for my kids, for their safety and for their future,” said Lemm, whose daughter is a 25-year-old Arlington, Va., police officer and whose son is a 13-year-old. school.

Detective Joseph Lemm, who was known as “Superman”, was killed by a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan.

While Democrats point to FBI reports that crime dropped nationally in 2023 — and NYC claims declines in most major crimes — detractors note that the FBI’s national data is incomplete because many cities don’t share theirs and that heinous crimes are ongoing. committed by migrants amid a wave of illegal immigration. In New York City, where hundreds of immigration arrests have been reported this year, criminal assaults and rapes are up 5 percent and 16 percent, respectively.

NYPD Detective Joe Lemm with his family.
Christine Lemm, the widow of Det. Joseph Lemm, (center) with her children Ryan, 13, and Brooke, 25, who is a corporal with the Arlington, Virginia Police Department. Courtesy of Christine Lemm

Lemm is angry about illegal immigration and actually hears immigrant flights from border states landing in the middle of the night at the airport near her home.

“I live close to the Westchester County Airport,” she said. “I know they’re transporting migrants all over the country, and you know they’re crossing borders and going all over the country, not just border states.”

Lemm, who also voted early for Trump, believes the U.S. should support its allies internationally, especially Israel, but focus at home.

“We have to focus on the US,” said the mother. “We do more for other countries than for America.”