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In reply to the discussion: Trump pardons controversial former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)12. Arpaio may have fifty years of service...
...but only a maniac or a deplorable would call the shit Arpaio pulled down there "honorable."
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Disgusting, but this will hurt to them and help us. Republican leadership tearing hair.
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#22
Well there's nothing else going on right now that would require his attention. /s
ToxMarz
Aug 2017
#2
It'll get truly disgusting once reconstruction contracts are meted out, I suspect.
sandensea
Aug 2017
#95
That's exactly what I was thinking. Honestly don't care. And it's only going to FURTHER alienate
Grown2Hate
Aug 2017
#16
Yes, another racist move by the Fuhrer-in-Chief... can't wait for impeachment hearings to start!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#53
Don't be so sure. The Fuhrer-in-Chief pisses off Rethugs almost as much as he does Dems.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#108
He was still convicted! That matters. He will have to accept a pardon from a fascist! That matters!
Augiedog
Aug 2017
#14
Hundreds of people could die in Texas this weekend - and he only cares about a racist
jpak
Aug 2017
#19
Exactly. He'll need that pardon power for most of his family and outlaw in-laws.
sandensea
Aug 2017
#50
While Katrina was destroying New Orleans, Bush Jr. was in San Diego doing this
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2017
#56
We are now in the middle of a Constitutional Crisis, the likes of which we have never seen.
Stonepounder
Aug 2017
#38
My fear in a year or maybe two? Despite all bad events, today will be looked back at like Candyland
lunasun
Aug 2017
#45
Ex-Sheriff Joe is one of Trump's "very fine" people on the side of white supremacists.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#47
Great link. Republicans are very good at using constitutional gray areas to their advantage.
sandensea
Aug 2017
#65
In theory, he could have his goons go out and kill his opponents (us) and then just pardon them.
mobeau69
Aug 2017
#75
There is a simmering undercurrent of disgust in this country over twitlers actions
kimbutgar
Aug 2017
#70
So the most racist, bigoted piece of fucking shit in America gets a slap on the wrist.
Initech
Aug 2017
#74
He didn't even get a slap on the wrist. The judicial process hadn't completed yet
OliverQ
Aug 2017
#83
He's cemented his standing as a racist. All his unity crap is demonstrably worthless.
Shrike47
Aug 2017
#91