11 thoughts on “National Review: tRump Idjit for Pardoning Arpaio

      1. Yeah I don't think I've encountered any in person. I mean of the clearly insane type. But I am familiar with ' he's no worse than any other, esp.Hillary' ones.
        I mean T. [ and IANAD ] …..well it 's been a question for at least a year, but I'm more leaning now to 'not just a giant asshole, he is mentally deteriorated. '

          1. Well, this is Blue Tucson, I spent a lot of time being a tree-hugger in rural areas, and some of the neighbors were
            what was known as 'Wise Use' advocates who were pretty fiercely anti -regulation long ago. I often wondered when a [ hopefully only ] warning shot would come through the wall.

  1. A full pardon, on the other hand, extinguishes the wrong. It puts Trump in the position of endorsing Arpaio’s misconduct — a law officer’s arrogant defiance of lawful court orders, which themselves were issued as a result of judicial findings that Arpaio discriminated against Latinos in conducting unlawful arrests.

    That would be politically fraught for any president. It is especially fraught for Trump in the wake of the botched response to the violence in Charlottesville and his history of intemperate remarks regarding Mexico and Gonzalo Curiel, the American federal judge of Hispanic descent who presided over the Trump University lawsuit. Pardoning the polarizing Arpaio was sure to delight Trump’s core supporters, but it was equally certain to anger much of the country.

    Ding ding fucking ding!

    1. He's done nothing but play to that well armed base since he started his birtherism 8 years ago. I'm beginning to get a little askeered.

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