Is Trump's pardon of Arpaoi a presidential endorsement of racism and contempt of the law and the constitution ?

“With his pardon of Arpaio, Trump has chosen lawlessness over justice, division over unity, hurt over healing,” ACLU Deputy Legal Director Cecillia Wang said in a statement. “Once again, the president has acted in support of illegal, failed immigration enforcement practices that target people of color and have been struck down by the courts. His pardon of Arpaio is a presidential endorsement of racism.”

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whoowho · 41-45, F

I see it as a battlecry (of sorts) to his unlawful loyal followers aka Mike Fynn and Co.

If you defend me, I will pardon you.

I also see this as an opportunity for Trump to pacify his racist base. He needs them need to stay "hooked" for re-election since he has [b]not[/b] been able to do [b]anything[/b] he promised during last election (wall, repeal and jailing Clinton). That's the only reason why he holds rallies. Unfortunately his base is too stupid to realize it.

Northwest · M

@whoowho yes, of course there's that. He already encouraged his supporters to break the law, during the campaign, and he would cover their legal fees. He does not have to pay anymore, he can simply pardon, and then retweet someone accusing Obama of doing the same, even on a day when the nation is worried about other, more pressing matters

whoowho · 41-45, F

@Northwest Have you noticed that a week to ten days after he says (or does) something [i]really[/i] crazy we find out that he is going through some turmoil?

He uses rallies for personal motivation. Apparently strippers have lost their "charm". 🙄

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@Northwest He even got that wrong ..... Manning's sentence was commuted , not pardoned.

WalksWith · 51-55, F

@RodionRomanovitch and his supporters...it's sad that they know so little but whines so loud...sigh

Northwest · M

@whoowho The dead cat strategy (c) Burnley123 :-) This is how they operate.

Northwest · M

@RodionRomanovitch When did the actual truth matter to them?

In one of his tweets, yesterday, he re-tweeted Sheriff David Clarke's book, ironically, he did not realize he was tweeting an advertisement to Amazon Books :-) and of course, the link goes to Clarke's series of tweets, attacking Obama for not responding to Katrina fast enough, when Trump tweeted about it a couple of times, in between brags about himself. Way not to politicize a natural disaster. Eventually, they will blame Harvey on Obama.