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[Smiles and Cries]

CNN just dropped Hurricane coverage to cover this so clearly sneaking this is not working

 

[Not]

Between this, the travel ban, the transgender ban, the LGBT protection revocations, the reverse on Cuba, the attempted de-regulation of agencies, the bankrupting of the secret service for his fucking vacations, the Nazi protest backing, and all the other shit that's gone on in between. Fuck you, Trump.

The "accelerationists" must be happy

Spoiler

Because they were really just misogynists

 

[Loudninja]

Already trending on twitter.

 

[kiguel182]

I didn't know who he was. I read the shit he did and this is discussing. Fuck Trump. Racist asshole.

 

[Toparaman]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

 

[Xamtheking]

another day, another boneheaded move from trump

 

[ItIsOkBro]

trump is racist, his base is racist, he knows his base is racist, so here we are.

 

[BrutishMrFish]

Monsters, the both of them.

 

[Nokterian]

Trump is destroying your country and reputation in less than 8 months time.

 

[Nepenthe]

Any remaining Trump voters want to defend this?

 

[Toth]

No. Presidential pardons are absolute. They can be given for any crime after its commission even before legal proceedings have proceeded. So, for example if someone were arrested for punching .a counter protester trump could pardon them before they even go to trial if he wanted to.

Can Arizona turn around and issue state charges to counter?

 

[KSweeley]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...366e4b0a296083b9758?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a notorious former Arizona sheriff who willfully violated a federal judge's order by unlawfully detaining individuals his officers claimed might be in the country illegally.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had previously proclaimed himself ”America's toughest sheriff," was convicted of criminal contempt last month for violating a 2011 order that barred Arpaio and his office from detaining individuals solely based on suspicions about their legal status. Arpaio, 85, was scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.

”Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration," the White House said in a statement late Friday. ”Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now eighty-five years old, and after more than fifty years of admirable service to our Nation, he is worthy candidate for a Presidential pardon."

Trump's pardon of Arpaio skipped over the typical review process for pardons, which are usually routed through the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney.

The pardon came less than two weeks after the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly when a neo-Nazi sympathizer crashed his vehicle into a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators. Trump faced criticism for what was seen as his lackluster condemnation of white supremacists and his attempt to equate the racists in Charlottesville with those who turned out to oppose them. Civil rights advocates like Vanita Gupta, the former chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, warned that pardoning Arpaio ― who she said ”personifies the same bigotry and intolerance we witnessed in Charlottesville" ― would sow hate and division.

”If President Trump uses his power to pardon a discredited law enforcement official who persistently engaged in illegal racial profiling of the Latino community, it will not be a dog whistle to the so-called ‘alt right' and white supremacists, but a bull horn," Gupta said.

 

[commedieu]

another day, another boneheaded move from trump

You misspelled blatant racism.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

another day, another boneheaded move from trump

"boneheaded" is way to light of a term. This is fucking vile.

 

[reptilescorpio]

It's disappointing and yet, at the same time, impressive that racism is the one political policy that Trump is actually willing to take a stand on and show some genuine human passion for. He's clearly not in this for the money, it's something he actually believes in.

It's terrifying that a significant chunk of the American population shares that vision, and of all the things, THIS is what they are willing to fight for.

He is also making a ton of money, lot of tax payer dollars going into his businesses. Why do you think he spends so much time at his golf courses.

 

[adj_noun]

I've heard of racist dog whistles, but what do you call this?

Racist air horn?

 

[Slayven]

Any remaining Trump voters want to defend this?

Diablos991 was banned

 

[BeforeU]

Any remaining Trump voters want to defend this?

Havent seen a trump defender in months here on GAF

 

[avaya]

This pardon is a signal to those that Mueller would be hoping to flip that Trump has their backs if they don't squeal. There is no other rational explanation for him to intervene in the middle of an ongoing legal process.

Vile on every level.

 

[Not]

Trump is destroying your country and reputation in less than 8 months time.

It's already dead, man.

No one will look at American Presidents with any kind of respect anymore. The honor is forever gone.

 

[SolidSnakex]

CNN just dropped Hurricane coverage to cover this so clearly sneaking this is not working

MSNBC is covering it as well. Headline is

"Trump pardons Arpaio amidst Cat 4 Hurricane and new revelations about Russia probe"

 

[Mr. Patch]

What job is he about to hire him for?

 

[Hazmat]

Wow, at a piece of shit. And using a hurricane that's going to kill people and cause billions in damage to try to hide it. Fuck this opportunistic racist cunt.

 

[slit]

Why doesn't Trump just come out and say he supports a master white race? He might as well at this point. He claims be able to say what he wants when he wants. We know what he is thinking. Just say it.

 

[Mutanthands]

I should be used to this by now. I should be numb, because this what I expect from 45. Over and over.

But dammit, fuck him and all of his retrograde bullshit. This shit is shocking. There's a fucking hurricane bearing down on Texas, and he has enough time to shit on transgender soldiers and Arizona's Hispanic population. Fuck.

 

[Flux]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

Damn. When Wikipedia summaries tell a convincing story just by headlines. I had no idea who this guy was before.

 

[_Ryo_]

What a fucking asshole.

Again, Trump is literally a monster.

 

[CloudyTuba]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

Got damn.

 

[Daingurse]

I'm not one to wish ill on many people but arpaio deserves anything coming to him

Motherfucker deserved to go to the Tent City he created. Glad they finally closed that bullshit.

 

[the_sun_king]

As if you needed further proof this trash bag is a bigot.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Any remaining Trump voters want to defend this?

Literally every Trump supporter will be fucking gleeful over this. They love Arpaio just as much. In their minds he was the greatest law enforcement officer in the world and was charged for "doing his job".

 

[captmcblack]

A total, and seemingly never-ending sham.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Expected. Just glad the Hurricane is not distracting.

 

[Waylon Drums]

I fucking hate this place.

 

[Nokterian]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

All he sees is 'a good man'...

 

[Frozenprince]

I genuinely hope horrible, horrible things happen to Donald Trump.

Not death.

But, well, I wouldn't cry if he had a stroke.

 

[Fox Mulder]

.

 

[slit]

Any remaining Trump voters want to defend this?

Are you kidding? They not only defend it, they relish it.

 

[Jackpot]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

Should add to the OP.

 

[Acorn]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

Party of law and order lol

 

[Stinkles]

A reminder:













https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio#Controversies

The guy is the literal embodiment of the corrupt small-town sheriff stereotype.

Literally the kind of guy the ATeam or Knight Rider would save a cute teacher and the town from.

 

[JettDash]

This is a sick, indefensible joke. He was found guilty by a jury of his peers.

There was no jury.

 

[SirClinksAlot]

Trump is destroying your country and reputation in less than 8 months time.

Umm pardoning Arpaio means jack shit. He was never going to do time anyway. Its just another way for Trump to keep his base wound up.

And our reputation has always been garbage although i know Euro gaf LOVES how smug they get to feel lately.

 

[KSweeley]

HuffPo reports that Arpaio had inmates wear pink underwear: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...366e4b0a296083b9758?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Trump's pardon of Arpaio, the first of his presidency, amounts to a tacit endorsement of Arpaio's discriminatory tactics and reads as a favor to a political ally. The media-savvy former sheriff, known for parading inmates around in pink underwear, supported the former reality TV star's presidential campaign and spoke at the Republican National Convention last summer. Both men were prominent promoters of the racist conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.

 

[Regulus Tera]

fucking arse

 

[the_darkness]

Too bad Hilary wasn't "inspiring" enough for some of you to vote for huh?

 

[djkimothy]

What it's like to live under a monarch down there?

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

And there it is. Yikes.

 

[Alucrid]

For those unfamiliar with Joe Arpaio:

you could probably slap most of those headlines on trump's wiki page too

 

[Nipo]

Can Arizona turn around and issue state charges to counter?

They can... but remember He wasn't convicted for racist profiling. He was convicted for ignoring a court order to stop racist profiling. The state could bring new charges and see if he ignores court orders tos top again but i think he is already retired? So seems unlikely.