Arpaio pardon looms as Trump baits a bigger backlash
Trump’s flirtation with pardoning Joe Arpaio had already become a political and moral problem by August 24, and the reaction line was getting steeper, not flatter. The sheriff’s role as a racial-profiling icon made the move look less like a law-and-order flourish than a reward for contempt. Even before the formal pardon arrived the next day, the public case for it was already doing damage to Trump’s standing with critics and putting Republicans on the defensive.
Trump’s flirtation with pardoning Joe Arpaio had already become a political and moral problem by August 24, and the reaction line was getting steeper, not flatter. The sheriff’s role as a racial-profiling icon made the move look less like a law-and-order flourish than a reward for contempt. Even before the formal pardon arrived the next day, the public case for it was already doing damage to Trump’s standing with cr…
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