Tag: Arpaio pardon

Trump Eyed ‘Far Higher’ Ratings in Pardoning Joe Arpaio as Hurricane Hit

The following article by Glen Thrush and Julie Hirshfield Davis was posted on the New York Times website August 28, 2017:

In a joint news conference with the president of Finland, President Trump defended his controversial pardoning of the former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. By WHITEHOUSE.GOV on August 28, 2017. Photo by Al Drago for The New York Times.

WASHINGTON — President Trump offered a fiery defense on Monday of his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff, as Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last week — and claimed he timed it to attract maximum attention as television viewers were glued to storm coverage. Continue reading “Trump Eyed ‘Far Higher’ Ratings in Pardoning Joe Arpaio as Hurricane Hit”

Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance

The following editorial from the Editorial Board of the Arizona Republic was posted on the paper’s website August 25, 2017:

Editorial: Donald Trump said he was going to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But knowing in advance didn’t soften the blow to Latinos – and equal justice.

Credit: John Moore

While America was talking about tearing down monuments that offend historically oppressed people, Donald Trump effectively erected yet another one.

His pardon of Joe Arpaio elevated the disgraced former Maricopa County sheriff to monument status among the immigration hardliners and nationalists in Trump’s base.

This erases any doubt about whether Trump meant to empower them after the violence in Charlottesville. Continue reading “Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance”