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Time for a little Schadenfreude: "They seem to have forgotten me"--Joe Arpaio
Former Convict Joe Arpaio Finishes Dead Last in Arizona Senate Primary
“They seem to have forgotten me,” former Sheriff and failed Senate hopeful Joe Arpaio said in a Monday interview with the New York Times, as he gazed at a portrait of Donald Trump in his campaign office outside Phoenix, Arizona.
And they did. At 11:59 PM ET, the Associated Press declared Rep. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) the winner of the Republican primary to replace retiring Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona). Arpaio only pulled 18.9 percent of the vote as of 11:16 AM ET. County-by-county results Wednesday morning show that Arpaio also finished last in his home county of Maricopa, getting just one-third of the votes McSally got in the same county.
In the state that long supported the late Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), Arpaio refusing to call McCain a “hero” but rather saving that adoration for President Trump did him no favors. There was no love lost between McCain and Arpaio. After all, McCain blasted Trump for pardoning Arpaio last year.
Joe Arpaio was, for a long time, seen as the ultimate immigration hard-liner in the law enforcement community. He was convicted of contempt (a misdemeanor) for refusing to stop detaining people on suspicion of being undocumented — a conviction that later got pardoned by Donald Trump just over one year ago.
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And they did. At 11:59 PM ET, the Associated Press declared Rep. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) the winner of the Republican primary to replace retiring Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona). Arpaio only pulled 18.9 percent of the vote as of 11:16 AM ET. County-by-county results Wednesday morning show that Arpaio also finished last in his home county of Maricopa, getting just one-third of the votes McSally got in the same county.
In the state that long supported the late Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), Arpaio refusing to call McCain a “hero” but rather saving that adoration for President Trump did him no favors. There was no love lost between McCain and Arpaio. After all, McCain blasted Trump for pardoning Arpaio last year.
Joe Arpaio was, for a long time, seen as the ultimate immigration hard-liner in the law enforcement community. He was convicted of contempt (a misdemeanor) for refusing to stop detaining people on suspicion of being undocumented — a conviction that later got pardoned by Donald Trump just over one year ago.
https://gritpost.com/joe-arpaio-dead-last/ (in lieu of NYT link under paywall)
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whomp, whomp..........
we can take no comfort that almost 20% DID remember him!
What is WRONG with these people? 
