Posted on 08/26/2017 5:50:39 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump for pardoning a former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to object to the move.
“The speaker does not agree with the decision,” said Ryan spokesman Doug Andres. “Law-enforcement officials have a special responsibility to respect the rights of everyone in the United States. We should not allow anyone to believe that responsibility is diminished by this pardon.”
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about Mr. Ryan’s statement.
On Friday, the White House announced that the president had pardoned Mr. Arpaio, known as an immigration hard-liner who had been sheriff of Maricopa County for 24 years before he lost a re-election bid last year.
Mr. Arpaio, an early supporter of Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, was convicted last month for disobeying a 2011 federal court order to halt immigration raids. He was to be sentenced in October and faced up to six months in jail.
As sheriff he took aggressive measures to curb illegal immigration, including hunting people who crossed the border illegally in remote parts of his county, launching workplace raids and conducting traffic stops.
In a tweet Friday, the president described Mr. Arpaio as a “patriot” who “kept Arizona safe.”
A statement from the White House Friday said:
“Throughout his time as sheriff, Arpaio continued his life’s work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now eighty-five years old, and after more than fifty years of admirable service to our nation, he is a worthy candidate for a presidential pardon.”
Mr. Arpaio didn’t respond to a request for comment, but in several tweets after the pardon he thanked the president and his supporters, while also asking for donations to his legal fund.
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No matter what he says or does, either good or bad, I never forget that Ryan is a Romney stooge. The sooner he loses his seat and position the better.
Drain the swamp!
Yet another reason why Ryan MUST BE KICKED OUT OF CONGRESS!
Well, we all know by now that Paul Ryan never wants to do anything that would help ANY Republicans. How the hell did we get stuck with this asshat as speaker?
If Sheriff Joe had a jury trial, he would have been declared not guilty in 10 minutes. This was a Stalinist show trial conducted by the corrupt Holder Justice Department from the get go.
You mean like McCain's been doing for decades, hence making him the media's darling? They even came up with a fancy title for his treasonous ways... 'Maverick' John McCain.
Shut up, Ryno.
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Can someone please explain to me what the voters are like in the district that elected Ryan?
I’m not being a smartazz, but I really do want some insight into the general mentality that supports a milksop like Ryan.
Wasn’t there a cofederate advocate poet priest named Ryan durng the civil war?
Until they start profiling Muslims getting into planes, they really do not care about our safety or security.
ALlow me to correct Speaker Ryan’s mis-statement...
“...Law-enforcement officials have a special responsibility to respect the rights of everyone RESIDING LEGALLY in the United States...”
There. That’s better.
And if he can’t understand that basic concept, he needs to GFTO of the Speaker chair.
Ryan is the most sanctimonious, self righteous a hole in modern politics.
Badgers there are probably grossly uninformed and think Ryan is “good.”
Looking forward to Lou Dobb’s return from vacation to blister Lyin’ Ryan’s sorry ass.
Thank you.
There are sides and Paul Ryan has chosen the wrong one.
Yeah, he'll get right on that as soon as he finds BIG FOOT.
Ryan is showing his true colors.
Being a conservative Republican was just a pretense.
Ryan is merely representative of the K-Street GOPe Republican movers and shakers.
As if we didn’t know how he would break on this.
We’ve had this guy’s number for quite some time.
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