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Joe Arpaio running for Senate in Arizona
Washington Examiner ^ | January 9, 2018 | David M. Drucker

Posted on 01/09/2018 10:07:52 AM PST by Seizethecarp

Republican Joe Arpaio, a close ally of President Trump and former sheriff known for his provocative approach to combatting illegal immigration, is running for Senate in Arizona.

The 85-year-old Arpaio could shake up the late August Republican primary in a critical open-seat race to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Trump pardoned Arpaio last summer, sparing the former sheriff jail time after he was convicted of ignoring a federal court order in a racial-profiling case.

The polarizing yet iconic former Maricopa County sheriff, beloved by many conservatives for his hawkish immigration policies, presents an alternative to the unimpressive Kelli Ward and a potential obstacle to Rep. Martha McSally. She is expected to launch within days and is widely viewed as the Republicans’ strongest general election candidate.

In a telephone interview with the Washington Examiner, Arpaio shrugged off concerns about his age, dismissed Republican insiders’ anxiety that his poor reputation with nonwhite voters would put the seat in play for the Democrats in the midterm, and discussed plans to work with Trump on behalf of Arizona.

“My mother and father came here from Italy, legally of course. I have a soft spot for the Mexican community having lived there,” he said. “I’m not going to get into my personal life, but I will say we have four grandkids and some have a different ethnic and racial background. I don’t say that. I don’t use my grandkids. So, I have a soft spot, but still, I’m going to do my job. You have to do it.”

Even if Arpaio loses the primary to McSally, he would have had seven months to push her to the right and define GOP messaging on a host of issues — and not just in Arizona.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arpaio2018; az2018; naturalborncitizen; obama; seasonedcitizens; sheriffarpaio; trump
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To: House Atreides

That is the plan. Arpaio cannot live without attention. If he had stepped down we would have a Republican Sheriff in Maricopa County. But we have a liberal who has undone all of Arpaio’s policies. Good job there, Joe.


21 posted on 01/09/2018 10:22:19 AM PST by Hildy (There)
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To: Seizethecarp

Arpaio needs to spend his time stumping for Kelli Ward.

The article calls her “unimpressive”.

Got it. Being a medical doctor is unimpressive compared to the Warthog driver grrrl. Please.

Other then memorializing Emil Franzi on the House floor, I can’t figure out anything useful that McSally’s done since she left the air force.


22 posted on 01/09/2018 10:23:07 AM PST by Regulator
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To: editor-surveyor
And just what are you doing other than chastising others online?
23 posted on 01/09/2018 10:23:57 AM PST by chuckb87
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To: KavMan

Not good.


24 posted on 01/09/2018 10:24:40 AM PST by conservative98
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To: Theodore R.

Arizona could be the next Alabama, to lose an easy GOP Senate seat.


25 posted on 01/09/2018 10:24:57 AM PST by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: donna

The men are all leftist nuts too.

There is no point in electing an 85 year old senator.


26 posted on 01/09/2018 10:26:12 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: Seizethecarp
The left will not be able to resist going after him and they will regret that for evah!
27 posted on 01/09/2018 10:28:25 AM PST by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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To: editor-surveyor

DOJ should be all over that by now but sessions is weak. I don’t think the other guy is anti-American, editor. I know you are very proud American but we go with what votes are counted until the Department of Justice does something. I agree with you we need to make our voices louder about the issue.


28 posted on 01/09/2018 10:30:06 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if T..rump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Hildy

To paraphrase someone, McSally is just McCain with better piloting skills.


29 posted on 01/09/2018 10:30:47 AM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Seizethecarp; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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30 posted on 01/09/2018 10:38:59 AM PST by bitt (We donÂ’t need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
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To: Hildy

Show me a woman that doesn’t become a big government RINO the minute she arrives in DC. (women’s issues, ha)

We need more Trumps elected.

Vote Arpaio.


31 posted on 01/09/2018 10:39:36 AM PST by donna
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To: bitt

Maybe Arpaio should move to Salt Lake City and run for Senate there.


32 posted on 01/09/2018 10:39:54 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Death of the MSM - "Because it is my show and I don't want to do that." Jake Tapper)
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To: JonPreston
I love Joe but at 85 y/o his day has come and gone. We need someone equally as conservative but younger.

That's exactly what I was going to say. Relax and put your feet up Joe.

33 posted on 01/09/2018 10:41:08 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Seizethecarp

This is a really bad idea.


34 posted on 01/09/2018 10:41:47 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Seizethecarp

Maybe Trump can talk some sense into him, this will almost guarantee giving AZ to the Dems.

Total idiot move. Must be stopped.


35 posted on 01/09/2018 10:45:24 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Seizethecarp

Please don’t, Joe!


36 posted on 01/09/2018 10:47:53 AM PST by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: donna

Yeah. He will be what, 92 years old, at the end of his 1st term. What could go wrong? I think there are too many very old people in the Senate as it is.


37 posted on 01/09/2018 10:51:22 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: dp0622

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The “other guy” is a typical democrap destroyer.


38 posted on 01/09/2018 10:52:32 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: donna

Donna, you don’t know Kelli Ward and Arpaio will NEVER win. There are women who stay conservative. I vouch for her. She WILL stay Conservative. I will make sure of that.


39 posted on 01/09/2018 10:59:57 AM PST by Hildy (There)
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To: Seizethecarp

This is great news! I trust he wins, serves one term but grooms his replacement during that time. We need lots of Joe Arpaio disciples in Washington!

JoMa


40 posted on 01/09/2018 11:04:45 AM PST by joma89
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