Joe Arpaio To Hold News Conference About Obama's Birth Certificate (Again)
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published DECEMBER 15, 2016, 9:46 AM EDT
Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to discuss the "newest revelations" in his long-running "investigation" into President Barack Obama's birth certificate. The news conference is expected to be held at 4 p.m. in Phoenix, Arizona.
Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, has long been a vocal proponent of the "birther" conspiracy theory that questions whether Obama was born in the United States. In 2012, Arpaio claimed he had "probable cause" to show that the President's birth certificate was a forgery and held a news conference where he alleged that there were secret codes hidden in the document.
Following President-elect Donald Trump's cursory statement in September acknowledging that he believes Obama was born in the United States and taking credit for the President releasing his longform birth certificate, Arpaio distanced himself from the then-candidate and pledged to continue pushing the conspiracy theory. He was also quick to take advantage of Trump's brevity.
He didnt say the document was legitimate. He didnt go that route, Arpaio said just days later, as reported by Politico. It didnt bother me.
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JHan
(10,173 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)Delporable
47of74
(18,470 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)to spread his BS. hey dick**** he is going to be leaving the office that he was entitled to hold, I know being a racist is hard to let go in your case, but you really should not be given a platform to defect your problems. In fact is they had any PRINCIPLES they should not even give you a microphone, you are, why this country is going to be controlled by fascists.
Instead of the "news" organization chasing this dog and pony show, they should lets say how the ballots were used in the last election and what the machines were doing to the ballots investigation---don't you think?
Archae
(46,318 posts)Right-wing outlets like Faux "news" will continue to give him a podium.
And the rot in Arpaio's own sheriff's department will take decades to find and root out.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)We are giving him our best podium. This should not be news at all.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)aggiesal
(8,911 posts)Why give this guy a platform to spout his hate?
He'll be in jail this time next year!
http://ktla.com/2016/10/26/arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-charged-with-criminal-contempt-in-racial-profiling-case/
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Melania is a Russian spy.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Response to SHRED (Reply #11)
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Motley13
(3,867 posts)I want to see her birth certificate & the maggot's grades.
Freethinker65
(10,010 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Kotya
(235 posts)Mike Zullo wants another vacation in Hawaii to "research" Obama's birth certificate.
christx30
(6,241 posts)In the astronomically improbable event that Arpaio is right, it'll make Obama resign and Biden will be president for one month. It's not going to undo any of the good Obama did in the last 8 years.
Arpaio is an embarrassment to humanity. Why the hell is the press giving him a platform? Hopefully they are just going there to laugh at him. I mean, it's not nice to make fun of the mentally deficient, but why does anyone take him seriously anymore.
Joe, you were voted out. Go home with that last shread of dignity you have left.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)complicity. And let me take one more guess. Our piece of shit useless media will fall for it.
arithia
(455 posts)that the press stops showing up to give these self aggrandizing idiots a bully pulpit from which to spread their idiocy and hate.
This should be the only mention/summary of this fool's antics.
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CanonRay
(14,101 posts)More at 11...
niyad
(113,263 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)Could you please go there?
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)0rganism
(23,944 posts)in the process of rolling back every decent thing President Obama did, he'll probably want to de-legitimize Obama's time in office along the way
ETA: Arpaio could use the backup
louis-t
(23,292 posts)Is it because they know what a miserable failure drumpf is going to be and they want to be able to point to it and say "yeah, but HE wasn't legitimate and Hillary would have been worse"? Deplorables, all.
Rex
(65,616 posts)You mean that scumbag won!?
metroins
(2,550 posts)good riddance.
Rex
(65,616 posts)So he is STILL sheriff until then, got it. Was wondering why they would still call him that - that explains it!
Hopefully he will end up living in a prison tent (at a cool 115 degrees in the shade) eating rotten baloney sandwiches for the rest of his miserable life.