Former President Donald Trump held a campaign event in Grand Rapids Tuesday, calling for increased border security and deportations in the wake of the murder of a Michigan woman by an immigrant living in the United States illegally.
During his speech, Trump was flanked by members of the Michigan Police Officers Association (MPOA), and standing head-and-shoulders above the rest at well over 6 feet tall, on his immediate left, was Leelanau County’s own Sheriff Mike Borkovich. This event put the sheriff ’s office back in the national spotlight as Borkovich could be seen behind the 2024 presidential candidate on the likes of Fox and NBC.
However, Borkovich denied that his appearance at the rally counted as a full endorsement of the Republican candidate. Instead, the county sheriff said that he was in Grand Rapids for what the Trump campaign is calling a “closed event,” in which all MPOA sheriffs were invited to give a “boots on the ground” perspective on illegal immigration in Michigan.
