Our View: Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance - Editorial board, AZ Republic

[DonViejo]

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Editorial board, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 7:49 p.m. MT Aug. 25, 2017 | Updated 9:03 p.m. MT Aug. 25, 2017

Editorial: Donald Trump said he was going to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But knowing in advance didn't soften the blow to Latinos - and equal justice.

While America was talking about tearing down monuments that offend historically oppressed people, Donald Trump effectively erected yet another one.

His pardon of Joe Arpaio elevated the disgraced former Maricopa County sheriff to monument status among the immigration hardliners and nationalists in Trump’s base.

This erases any doubt about whether Trump meant to empower them after the violence in Charlottesville.

Arpaio is their darling. Arpaio is now back on his pedestal thanks to their president.

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[marybourg]

1. Just to make it very clear: This is the ARIZONA

Republic, the leading newspaper in AZ.

So things are not quite as bleak and right-wing in AZ as a recent thread full of invective implied.