Widow of NYPD war hero believes Kamala Harris might have made late husband ‘stomach sick’

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

Bronx Warrant Squad 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 deployment abroad with the Air National Guard while a member of the NYPD.

He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for putting himself between the killer and his team members, absorbing the brunt of the explosion and protecting other pilots from potentially fatal injuries, the award citation said. Five other pilots were killed in the attack outside Bagram Air Field.

The married father of two — who earned his nickname for his good looks and grit while repeatedly serving overseas and working in the tough-as-nails NYPD squad tasked with hunting down bandits — said the “lack of support from the government -Harris-Biden to our military and police departments across the country,” said Christine Lemm.

“Joe wanted Trump in power,” she said. “He saw too many things abroad and had confidence that Trump could take on our enemies.

“Many lives lost would be in vain if this administration continues, both abroad and locally,” 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 during a wreath-laying ceremony 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 being locked up and beaten and released without bail, and again, that is largely the policy of our Democratic officials in office,” the Westchester County resident said.

Lemm blamed local liberals who have pushed through criminal justice reforms that have defunded police and made people less safe. Bail reform, burdensome discovery rules and reforms to Raise the Age laws have made it difficult to arrest bad guys and keep them in jail.

“They are being put back on the street, not once, not twice, multiple times, over and over again,” she said. “So I just can’t understand how we let this happen, how the current administrations, from the presidency down to local agencies, let this happen.

“I’m really scared for my children, for their safety and for their future,” said Lemm, whose daughter is a 25-year-old police officer from Arlington, Virginia, and his son a 13-year-old high school student. schooler.

While the Democratic Party points to reports from the FBI that crime is down nationwide by 2023 — and that New York is seeing a decline in major crimes — critics note that the FBI’s national data is incomplete because many cities don’t share theirs , and that heinous crimes are being committed. committed by migrants amid a wave of illegal immigration. In New York City, where hundreds of migrant arrests have been reported this year, crimes and rapes have increased by 5% and 16%, respectively.

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

“I live close to Westchester County Airport,” she said. “I know they’re flying migrants all over the country, and you know they’re coming across the borders, and they’re ending up all over the country, not just in the border states.”

Lemm, an early vote for Trump, believes the U.S. should support its allies internationally — especially Israel — but focus on the country at home.

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