Fox News explains the sheriffs, a total of 102, have joined with Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is seeking to defeat Abrams in a second straight faceoff, in a statement condemning her "soft-on-crime" attitudes.

It is Abrams' involvement with the Marguerite Casey Foundation that now is making waves in the race, won the last time by Kemp over Abrams, who contends she actually was the winner.

Fox explained, "The Marguerite Casey Foundation is a Seattle-based grantmaking group that has called for the abolition of police. Abrams supported an expanded anti-police initiative from the group shortly after joining its board."

The sheriffs noted Abrams' "role in advancing the Defund the Police movement and support of soft-on-crime policies that put Georgia families at risk."

Kemp, on the other hand, has "championed legislation to recruit and retain more officers into the profession, strengthen penalties for criminals and help keep Georgia's streets safe, and prevent rogue local governments from stripping critical funding and resources from police."

That's a better choice, they suggest, than Abrams' "complete disdain for law enforcement and the risk we take every day putting our lives on the line to serve our communities."