WH Adviser Claims Arpaio Pardon 'Is Pretty Straightforward' Amid Backlash

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published AUGUST 27, 2017 10:00 AM

White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert on Sunday claimed President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio was “pretty straightforward,” amid backlash from Republicans and Democrats alike.

“I think it’s pretty straightforward, what the President did. I think there’s some disproportionate coverage of it right now,” Bossert said on ABC News’ “This Week.”

He said that “just about every modern president ends up with some controversial pardons.”

“I think the Arpaio pardon is pretty straightforward,” Bossert said. “I think the President’s been pretty clear on it and I certainly don’t think it’s fair to characterize him as not caring about the rule of law.”

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[Iliyah]

1. Liar . . .

[benld74]

2. U no nothing Bossert

5 year wait for pardon
Joe not sentenced as yet
Accepting pardon, Joe admits guilt
Joe said he not guilty, will appeal
Allows civil law suits to commence against him, which he will lose

[chowder66]

3. Says man who should be fired immediately. nt

[karynnj]

4. Fascinating statement if you consider what he admits

1) He admits that it is controversial ... then says "all" Presidents have controversial pardons. My comment would be please list a similarly controversial pardon that Obama or GWB gave in their respective 8 years as President. First of all, I could find no pardon of someone before he was actually sentenced. Not to mention, for none of these did the President say of the crime they were convicted of -- that they were doing their job! So, given that the two most recent Presidents, of different party's did not do this -- clearly it is not true that "all Presidents have controversial pardons.)

2) When was the last time that a President's spokesperson say that "I certainly don’t think it’s fair to characterize him as not caring about the rule of law.” ? This implies that that is a common complaint.

3) Presidents "end up with some controversial pardons" -- is this like some picnics get rained out ? It suggests that forces other than the President set this in motion. It distances the President from what he himself did.

[ChubbyStar]

9. YES!!!

I watched it twice to take it all in, karennj you just got a 10!

[George II]

5. "Pretty straightforward" to abject racists. Arpaio should be tried as a serial killer.

[meow2u3]

6. Serial killer?

Arpaio ought to be imprisoned for crimes against humanity--in the Hague!

[George II]

7. I said something similar elsewhere - if they were POW camps instead of county jail camps....

....he'd be on trial at the Hague.

[lastlib]

8. He (or his deputies) did call them concentration camps.....

Enough grounds for me to send him to The Hague.

[mwooldri]

10. The controversial pardons happen when...

...the President is walking out the door, never to return.

Not usually during the first year of their administration. Does anyone remember a second term Gerald Ford?