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Post by FrozenPea on Aug 26, 2017 0:16:22 GMT
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Post by PLurker on Aug 26, 2017 0:19:28 GMT
Seriously? WTF link? off to google.
ETA I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He was on '45's side' and endorsed him. As long as you are for 45 and don't cross him, you're good. Sins, breaking laws and morals be damned.
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Post by littlemama on Aug 26, 2017 0:21:42 GMT
Disgusting. He is a horrible human being.
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Post by Merge on Aug 26, 2017 0:21:43 GMT
He also signed the ban on transgender people joining the military today. WTF.
ETA: So apparently law enforcement can now ignore court orders with impunity ... this president will pardon them.
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Post by elaine on Aug 26, 2017 0:22:16 GMT
Trump is a deplorable person and anyone who still supports him is too.  |
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Post by FrozenPea on Aug 26, 2017 0:23:38 GMT
He also signed the ban on transgender people joining the military today. WTF. I missed that! I guess he is hoping that with the hurricane and it being a Friday night no one will notice. Asshole! |
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 26, 2017 0:24:48 GMT
The disturbing part is there are people cheering these decisions. Three and a half more years of this? Come on Russian investigation!
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Post by Merge on Aug 26, 2017 0:26:46 GMT
Trump is a deplorable person and anyone who still supports him is too. I agree. Spreadsheet keepers, please put down that I liked and verbally agreed with this statement. If you are still supporting Trump at this point, you are a racist bigot with no respect for the rule of law. Don't like that description? Too damn bad. Suck it up and own it. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 26, 2017 0:46:06 GMT
Trump is a deplorable person and anyone who still supports him is too. I agree. Spreadsheet keepers, please put down that I liked and verbally agreed with this statement. If you are still supporting Trump at this point, you are a racist bigot with no respect for the rule of law. Don't like that description? Too damn bad. Suck it up and own it. You can put me down for this view of things too. If you support this stuff, this is who you are. |
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Post by txdancermom on Aug 26, 2017 0:47:14 GMT
Not surprised, he hinted at it....and I think it is a shame that he actually did it.
we can only hope it will come back and haunt him
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Post by Really Red on Aug 26, 2017 1:09:51 GMT
He's so so so SO stupid. I hate him and I think everyone who still thinks he's good is a complete and utter moron. So there.
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Post by zella on Aug 26, 2017 1:17:20 GMT
Absolutely disgusting. This asshat keeps going from bad to worse to even worse.
Arpaio should rot in an effing prison tent in the Arizona summer. But of course he's scum, so the scum in the White House is going to take care of him.
This just makes me feel ill.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 1:19:37 GMT
Yes, Joe. That's how the law is supposed to work - no one (theoretically) is beyond it. Unless they have enough money or friends w/money. Welcome to America.
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Post by lisae on Aug 26, 2017 1:22:31 GMT
And of course he did this on a Friday afternoon when unpopular decisions are usually announced from a President. Also the news media is leading with the hurricane. For a man who claims not to be a politician he is certainly learning the game and playing the parts that suit him.
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Post by ellen on Aug 26, 2017 1:24:34 GMT
How can this pace continue? It is one awful thing after the other. Hopefully his time will come. I have never hated anyone like I hate our president.
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Post by craftymom101 on Aug 26, 2017 1:28:05 GMT
I just read a tweet (I'll try to find it...) that states Trump and his cracker-jack team of nitwits did not go through the proper channels with the DOJ for this pardon.
The decision to pardon Arpaio is appalling, but unsurprising. Trump has proven himself to be a racist and Arpaio is a supporter. This wasn't a question of "if", but "when".
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Post by epeanymous on Aug 26, 2017 1:40:23 GMT
He tortured people and violated their constitutional rights. He did it from a position of authority, with delight. He encouraged others to do the same. He is exactly the opposite of a person who deserves mercy.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 26, 2017 1:44:01 GMT
I knew he would do it, but still- it makes me so mad. Like they said on MSNBC, he pardoned someone who was tasked with UPHOLDING the law for being in contempt of the rule of law. He has shown his supporters that the laws DO.NOT.MATTER.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 26, 2017 1:47:29 GMT
Sickening. I thought pardons were for people who had been convicted wrongly or with questionable evidence or who had served part of an excessive sentence. Not surprised in the least, but still very sad. Definitely not the reasons a presidential pardon is given. They are often personal or partisan and controversial like this one for Arpaio, but more often done at the end of term when there is little political fall out. IMHO Trump did it to shore up his base and keep them happy. He is doubling down on building the wall and needs Joe's support and people to help him because the local Reps & Senators aren't behind him. SaveSave |
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 26, 2017 1:47:57 GMT
It figures. Arpaio is just the sort of creature that Trump would admire. A racist pig.
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Post by imsirius on Aug 26, 2017 1:51:54 GMT
Of course he pardoned him. Arpaio was and still is, one of the Obama haters who still believes his birth certificate was fake.
Trump is just like him and a wanna be Arpaio.
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Post by Merge on Aug 26, 2017 1:52:28 GMT
Sickening. I thought pardons were for people who had been convicted wrongly or with questionable evidence or who had served part of an excessive sentence. Not surprised in the least, but still very sad. Definitely not the reasons a presidential pardon is given. They are often personal or partisan and controversial like this one for Arpaio, but more often done at the end of term when there is little political fall out. IMHO Trump did it to shore up his base and keep them happy. He is doubling down on building the wall and needs Joe's support and people to help him because the local Reps & Senators aren't behind him. SaveSavePardons are also sometimes done in the case of someone who has shown substantial rehabilitation, or because of some other mitigating factor that makes the sentence being served no longer appropriate. I agree with your assessment for Trump's reasons. The only mitigating factor I can see is that the guy is OLD and going to jail, if it came to that, would be perhaps cruel and unusual. But it doesn't excuse the fact that Trump is making a statement here that law enforcement doesn't have to follow court orders. Trump's been butting heads with the judiciary from day 1, and this sends a dangerous signal that he has no respect for the judicial branch. |
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Post by jayfab on Aug 26, 2017 1:53:39 GMT
He's testing his pardon powers. His family and friends must be cheering. I never thought I would hate another human this much.
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Post by suzastampin on Aug 26, 2017 1:58:00 GMT
How can this pace continue? It is one awful thing after the other. Hopefully his time will come. I have never hated anyone like I hate our president. I hope it comes soon! I'm so tired of him. It's exhausting! |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 26, 2017 2:32:05 GMT
Trump is a deplorable person and anyone who still supports him is too. I agree. Spreadsheet keepers, please put down that I liked and verbally agreed with this statement. If you are still supporting Trump at this point, you are a racist bigot with no respect for the rule of law. Don't like that description? Too damn bad. Suck it up and own it. Please add me to this list. Trump is a horror, and any person who supports him is a terrible, morally corrupt person. |
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 26, 2017 2:45:12 GMT
Trump is a deplorable person and anyone who still supports him is too. I agree. Spreadsheet keepers, please put down that I liked and verbally agreed with this statement. If you are still supporting Trump at this point, you are a racist bigot with no respect for the rule of law. Don't like that description? Too damn bad. Suck it up and own it. Yes, that. ^^ And I'm not using the little "yeah that" smiley guy because he looks too happy. Nothing happy about any of this!  |
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 26, 2017 2:47:59 GMT
I heard that Arpaio's lawyers got the notice that he would be pardoned early today but the White House waited to announce...letting the storm in Texas get closer to land as a distraction.
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Post by kamper on Aug 26, 2017 3:08:13 GMT
I agree. Spreadsheet keepers, please put down that I liked and verbally agreed with this statement. If you are still supporting Trump at this point, you are a racist bigot with no respect for the rule of law. Don't like that description? Too damn bad. Suck it up and own it. You can put me down for this view of things too. If you support this stuff, this is who you are. Add me to this column too. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 3:10:20 GMT
OUTRAGEOUSLY disgusting!!!!!!!!! Seems extreme, even for him!
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Post by kamper on Aug 26, 2017 3:13:07 GMT
I really think that what we are witnessing is the end of the Republican party. I have been a Republican my whole life (though I don't vote straight party ticket). I don't see how the party can come back from this (racist, misogynistic and just stupid).
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