Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by Trump, wants his old job back

[FM123]

I am disgusted, but not surprised by this news...


(NBC News) Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced that he's running for his old job on Sunday, exactly two years after President Donald Trump pardoned him for a federal contempt-of-court conviction.

"Watch out world! We are back!" Arpaio, 87, said in a statement in which he promised to reinstate the extreme measures that made him famous, like housing immigrants in outdoor tents in the 100-degrees-plus temperatures of the Phoenix area.

Arpaio was defeated for re-election to what would have been a record seventh term as sheriff in November 2016, shortly after he was charged with contempt of court for having ignored a federal judge's order to stop arresting immigrants solely on suspicion that they were in the country illegally.

Arpaio, who was one of the first elected officials to endorse Trump's presidential campaign, was convicted in July 2017. The next month, Trump pardoned him, saying he admired Arpaio's work "protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-sheriff-joe-arpaio-pardoned-trump-wants-his-old-job-n1046226

[MontanaMama]

1. Doesn't he have to run for the office of sheriff?

Isn’t accepting a pardon an admission of guilt and therefore make him ineligible to run for the office of sheriff? What am I missing? Other than we live in tRumpfukistan now.

[virgogal]

2. He should just "retire" and shut the hell up.

[brooklynite]

3. There are no legal obstacles to running for office with a criminal record...

(see "Buddy Cianci", Mayor of Providence, RI)

[SCantiGOP]

4. It's like confession for Catholics

You have to admit the sin, but then it goes away.
Of course, Catholics also have to sincerely promise not to commit the offense again, instead of promising to do it again like Arpaio.

[MontanaMama]

10. Good analogy.

Promising to do the crime again is a crystal clear message that Arpaio is probably looking for a WH cabinet appointment.

[world wide wally]

5. Does he need to pass a physical for the job?

[ronharold]

6. NO GO JOE!

NO GO JOE!

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Pessimist that I am, I think he could elected.

[tanyev]

8. My retirement is over a decade away, but I can't wait to quit work and have time for some fun things

that I just can't fit into my schedule right now. Why does 87 year old Joe keep doing this? I guess he has a hell of lot of fun torturing people that are completely under his control.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Even if he wasn't a sadistic lunatic...

....he’s 87 years old. I mean, come on.

Go play with your grandkids or fish or whatever leisurely activity you want to do when you’re 87.

Or in Arpaio’s case , torture live animals or something of the like.

[struggle4progress]

11. "We need a sheriff with fried mush for brains! Elect Joe!"