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ACLU Warns Trump: Pardoning Arpaio Would Be ‘Presidential Endorsement of Racism’
cnsnews.com ^ | 8/15/2017 | Susan Jones

Posted on 08/16/2017 3:54:12 PM PDT by rktman

If President Trump pardons former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, it “would be an official presidential endorsement of racism,” the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday.

Arpaio, now 85 years old, is famous for his tough stand on illegal immigration. He was convicted two weeks ago of criminal contempt for violating a court order instructing him to stop detaining people suspected of being in the country illegally.

Fox News interviewed Trump on Sunday at his club in Bedminster, N.J.

“I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” Fox quoted the president as saying. “He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He’s a great American patriot, and I hate to see what has happened to him.”

Trump reportedly said the pardon could happen in the next few days.

On Tuesday morning, Trumped retweeted the Fox News “exclusive,” which read: “President Trump 'seriously considering' a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: pardonme; winning
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To: rktman

Race card being pulled by every leftist group out there now.....and Republicans are also on board....it’s like Fergeson all over again.....


21 posted on 08/16/2017 4:03:37 PM PDT by caww
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To: Vision

They know the Russian thing is coming to an end, and not in their favor, so this is the next desperate step.


22 posted on 08/16/2017 4:03:38 PM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: BradtotheBone

He should do it immediately.

The left is in total meltdown. Just keep your head on a swivel, folks. They are like the Nazi brownshirts.


23 posted on 08/16/2017 4:04:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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To: rktman

MEXICAN IS NOT A RACE


24 posted on 08/16/2017 4:04:03 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: rktman

The ACLU is the one who should charged for incitement to riot and for the death of that woman.


25 posted on 08/16/2017 4:06:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer (There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
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To: rktman

From here on,everything you say or do is RRRRRRRACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!


26 posted on 08/16/2017 4:07:17 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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ACLU Warns Trump: Pardoning Arpaio Would Be ‘Presidential Endorsement of Racism’

At his next press conference, President Trump should mention the Federal Government's reclassification of the ACLU as a Terrorist Supporting Organization and announce an investigation into their finances and supporters, then, in passing mention Sheriff Joe's Pardon due to the Miscarriage of Justice in Arizona, and his new position in the Federal Justice Department's Unamerican Activities Investigations Bureau.

27 posted on 08/16/2017 4:11:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: SkyDancer

....Racism? The ACLU demanded Nazi skinheads the right to march through Skokie IL a heavily Jewish neighborhood because it was their right?...

The ACLU hears voices in their collective head. They tell them what to do.


28 posted on 08/16/2017 4:11:19 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: rktman

ACLU has promoted racist discrimination in hiring and academia for years and years and years


29 posted on 08/16/2017 4:13:11 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: rktman

I hope he announces is next Tuesday in Phoenix:

http://www.headlineoftheday.com/2017/08/16/president-trump-holding-rally-in-phoenix-august-22/


30 posted on 08/16/2017 4:14:26 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Biology is not bigotry.)
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To: rktman
HA! Obama and his puppet, Erick Holder went after the sheriff because he was obeying the law" as written....so in a fit of pique, Obama went after him for not obeying OBAMA...Obama also went after Arizona....the first president to have a vendetta unfairly on his country.
31 posted on 08/16/2017 4:14:52 PM PDT by yoe
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To: rktman
Racism

A word that once brought shame now induces yawns.

32 posted on 08/16/2017 4:17:01 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: rktman

They’ve already made up their mind about Trump being a racist, so he might as well follow his conscience.


33 posted on 08/16/2017 4:17:41 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: rktman

The ACLU “warns” the President of the United States? Jeff Sessions needs to get up their keisters crossways.


34 posted on 08/16/2017 4:28:18 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: rktman

The aclu can take a flying F... at a slow rolling donut.
They should be classified as an enemy of the country.


35 posted on 08/16/2017 4:33:55 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: x1stcav

I think Mr. Trump has learned, somewhat painfully, that there is no appeasing the Left.

Full speed ahead! Damn the torpedoes!


36 posted on 08/16/2017 4:38:40 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: rktman

No, it would be a presidential endorsement of defending our borders!


37 posted on 08/16/2017 4:39:22 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: rktman

Personally, I am tired of learning that anything the left doesn’t like is being called racist, sexist or homophobic.

The broken record has been used far too long.


38 posted on 08/16/2017 4:40:51 PM PDT by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: Arm_Bears
there is no appeasing the Left.

No more possible than "appeasing" a rabid weasel.

39 posted on 08/16/2017 4:41:11 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: rktman

“ACLU Warns Trump: Pardoning Arpaio Would Be ‘Presidential Endorsement of Racism’”

Or...it could just be a bit of compassion for an aging, tired war-horse.

The left is beginning to believe their own BS. Gotta get more popcorn.


40 posted on 08/16/2017 4:45:50 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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