Democrats accuse Trump of using Hurricane Harvey as a cover for the pardon of ‘America’s Sheriff’
On Friday, President Trump pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, also known as ‘Sheriff Joe’ and ‘America’s Sheriff.’ As can be expected, the pardon immediately drew rash of criticism from Democrats who accused the president of using the cover of Hurricane Harvey to issue the pardon.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement:
“As millions of people in TX and LA are prepping for the hurricane, the President is using the cover of the storm to pardon a man who violated a court's order to stop discriminating against Latinos and ban courageous transgender men and women from serving our nation's Armed Forces. Then he ran to Camp David. The only reason to do these right now is to use the cover of Hurricane Harvey to avoid scrutiny. So sad, so weak.”
But there was criticism from Republicans as well. House speaker Paul Ryan said he did not agree with the decision. But Senator John McCain unleashed a blistering attack on Trump. Here is what McCain had to say:
“No one is above the law and the individuals entrusted with the privilege of being sworn law officers should always seek to be beyond reproach in their commitment to fairly enforcing the laws they swore to uphold. Mr Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge's orders. The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.”
Trump’s friend Roger Stone responded to McCain by saying, “Karma about to get you Sen. John McCain and you will burn in hell for all eternity.”
Personally I applaud Trump’s pardoning of Arpaio. Although he had his faults, Sheriff Joe was a no-nonsense, tough law enforcer who was hated by the politically correct crowd. I agree that Obama’s feds went after Arpaio for political reasons.
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