{"id":702,"date":"2018-09-26T09:56:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T21:13:01","slug":"firefighters-union-endorses-bost-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters Union Endorses Bost for Re-Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MURPHYSBORO, IL<\/strong> \u2013 The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI) today announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) for re-election. AFFI represents over 15,000 professional firefighters in 225 communities across Illinois.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/firefighters-union-endorses-bost-re-election\/firefighters\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-703\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-703 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Firefighters.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Firefighters.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Firefighters-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Firefighters-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Firefighters-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs a former firefighter, I know firsthand the dedication our first responders show to the communities they serve,\u201d<\/em> <strong>said Bost.<\/strong> <em>\u201cI\u2019m honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with my firefighter brothers and sisters who put their lives on the line for their communities and I\u2019m humbled by their support.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois is proud to endorse Congressman Mike Bost for re-election in Illinois\u2019 12th Congressional District,\u201d<\/em> <strong>said Pat Devaney, AFFI President.<\/strong> <em>\u201cAs a former firefighter, Mike Bost understands the needs of our first responders. We can count on Mike to put partisanship aside and stand up for Southern Illinois\u2019 communities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MURPHYSBORO, IL \u2013 The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI) today announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) for re-election. AFFI represents over 15,000 professional firefighters in 225 communities across Illinois. \u201cAs a former firefighter, I know firsthand the dedication our first responders show to the communities they serve,\u201d said Bost. \u201cI\u2019m honored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}