why is he wasting cycles on this dead issue?
Maybe the Democrat “news” shills are baiting him into.
I suspect the reason he is “wasting cycles” on this is probably because some liberal reporter, wanting to remind the liberal base of just how “extreme” he is, asked the question.
CNN is using the issue as a cudgel against Arpaio.
CUOMO: Let's look at it in a different way. You're kind of reintroducing yourselves to the voters there. Is there regret that you hold in your heart for conditions the people were kept in? The nature of immigration enforcement? The birtherism claims about President Obama, things that are black marks on your record. Do you have regret? Do you have any change on any of those?CNN - Jan 10, 2018ARPAIO: Well, you know, Frank Sinatra says "My Way" regret, so I few (INAUDIBLE) and I will repeat that to you. But with no -- I have no regrets. We did the right thing. My people did the right thing, we were very successful throughout my 24-year tenure, the longest-serving sheriff in the history of Maricopa County. No, I don't have a regret, a few mistakes, yes. Everybody makes mistakes.
CUOMO: Was the birtherism a mistake?
ARPAIO: Oh, now you're bringing that up.
CUOMO: Why wouldn't I?
ARPAIO: I'm going to tell you s something.
CUOMO: Do you think it doesn't matter? You want to be a U.S. senator and you were part of a campaign to delegitimize a president of the United States? Matters, you know.
ARPAIO: No, I started this because of fake document -- a government document. I didn't care where the president came from. I didn't care at all. That we had the evidence, nobody will talk about it, nobody will look at it. And anytime you want to come down, or anybody we'll be glad to show you the evidence.
[21:40:01] And by the way you'll -- you're going to hear more about this fake --
CUOMO: Do you believe that President Obama's birth certificate is a phony?
ARPAIO: No doubt about it. No doubt about it. We had the evidence, I'm not going to go into all the details.
CUOMO: You know, even Donald Trump now says that --
ARPAIO: It's a phony document.
CUOMO: -- that he believes that the president was born in this country, right?
ARPAIO: He never said about a fake birth certificate, that's the only thing I was trying to prove.
The truth is a dead issue?
why is he wasting cycles on this dead issue?
That’s an easy question to answer. Because CNN asked. He simply responded to the question. They want to show early and often than Sheriff Joe is nuts, “just like Moore.”
Dead issue? Where have you been? It’s a proven FORGERY!
“why is he wasting cycles on this dead issue?”
Because he care about the Truth and Justice, Unlike You?
It’s not a dead issue, but since he is not likely to win, he shouldn’t run.
When did the Constitution die? Huh?
“why is he wasting cycles on this dead issue?”
The rule of law is a dead issue? You maybe right. /s
The issue is far from dead. If they let it happen once, they’ll make it happen again.