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Arpai-who? GOP Senators Don't Want To Talk About Joe Arpaio's Candidacy
Republican Senators Don't Want To Talk About Joe Arpaios Candidacy
By CAMERON JOSEPH Published JANUARY 9, 2018 4:31 PM
Senate Republicans aren’t exactly eager to discuss former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s (R) newly declared Senate campaign.
Arpaio, a deeply controversial former Maricopa County sheriff who President Trump pardoned after Arpaio was convicted of contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order to stop racial profiling, announced Tuesday that he’ll run for the Senate.
“There’ll be a lot of people running in Arizona,” National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Cory Gardner (R-CO) told TPM Tuesday. That’s more than others were willing to say.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) simply shook her head when TPM asked her thoughts about Arpaio’s candidacy. “I think I’ll stick to my own situation,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who may face a primary of his own, told TPM.
Many others begged off as they entered Senate lunches less than two hours after Arpaio made his announcement.
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