Joe Arpaio, criminally convicted sheriff pardoned by Trump, enters Arizona Senate race

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Washington (CNN)Joe Arpaio, the Republican former Maricopa County sheriff known for his hard-line immigration tactics, says he's running for Senate.

"I have a lot to offer. I'm a big supporter of President Trump," Arpaio told the Washington Examiner in an interview kicking off his campaign. "I'm going to have to work hard; you don't take anything for granted. But I would not being doing this if I thought that I could not win. I'm not here to get my name in the paper, I get that every day, anyway."

Arpaio was defeated in the 2016 election after 24 years in office as sheriff. He was convicted last year of criminal contempt for defying a court order to stop racially profiling Latinos but was pardoned by President Donald Trump, whose presidential campaign Arpaio had supported, in August before serving any jail time.

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake is retiring, setting up a fight among top Arizona Republicans for the nomination. National Republicans appear poised to land their top recruit for the seat: Rep. Martha McSally is set to holds events Friday in Tucson, Phoenix and Prescott where she'll make what's being billed as a "special announcement."

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/politics/arizona-senate-joe-arpaio/index.html

[Freethinker65]

1. Ha. Watching the GOP/RNC flip flop over this might be fun. May he be their next Roy Moore.

[Blue_Adept]

2. He'll be one of the Roy Moore types in terms of attention

It'll suck the oxygen out of coverage of other races but at the same time an easy to "paint with a broad brush" aspect when combined with Moore for the GOP overall this year.

[Orange Free State]

3. Sheriff Jose Arpaio is like

Freddy Krueger or Herpes Simplex 2. Just when you think you are rid of him, he is back again.

[Johonny]

4. GOP isn't so much a party as a collection of useless idiots

backed by huge money.

[malaise]

5. Roy Moore Version 2

[eissa]

6. Roy Moore, Part II

Trumpito will back his pal, the establishment will try to run someone sane, and hopefully we'll pick up another seat.

[sunonmars]

7. Joe is so tied to Trump that anything he screws up will be fatal.

[UTUSN]

8. "controversial" being translated as "racist shitgibbon"?!1