As Villaraigosa explained it to me, "Willie didn't endorse against me, but he closed out Sacramento; I couldn't raise much money.
To get noticed in those years, a Texas Republican had to endorse against the strongest political franchise in the state — a career move in the wrong direction.
"It's very difficult for an elected sheriff to endorse against a sitting incumbent," he said.
Trump endorsed Moore against Jones, pointing to his denials of the allegations against him and insisting any candidate would be preferable to a "liberal Democrat" like Jones.
(Ms. Rajt said that her organization neither practiced nor endorsed aggression against people wearing fur.
He has never endorsed violence against Israel, or questioned Egypt's adherence to the 1979 Camp David treaty.
Mr. Qaradawi has sometimes endorsed violence against Israel, but he is usually considered a preacher rather than a militant or terrorist fund-raiser.
Ms Blears recently suspended relations with the Muslim Council of Britain, the biggest of the Islamic community groups, after a senior figure allegedly endorsed violence against foreign ships preventing arms from entering Gaza.
Mr. Trump's supporters say that he has never endorsed violence against any minorities, and some conservatives have challenged data showing an increase in violence against American Muslims as a creation of liberal-leaning researchers.
The Democratic delegates, forced to stand in the hot sunshine as they faced a difficult choice over whether to cross a picket line, were not made happier knowing that the police union had endorsed George Bush against Mr. Dukakis.
