Trump won't pardon sheriff; tensions high at rally site

[Equinox Moon]

Source: StarTribune

PHOENIX — President Donald Trump won't pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to Arizona, the White House said Tuesday as supporters and protesters gathered near the site of Trump's latest campaign rally.

Outside the Phoenix convention center, shouting matches and minor scuffles erupted between the two sides. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton had asked Trump to delay his political event to allow for more time of national healing.

It's the first Trump campaign rally since a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists led to three deaths.

Eager to capitalize on his hard-line stance on immigration, Trump had teased the politically inflammatory possibility of pardoning Arpaio. The former Maricopa County sheriff is awaiting sentencing after his conviction in federal court for disobeying court orders to stop his immigration patrols.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump won't discuss or take action on a pardon "at any point today," even the president has said he's considering it.

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The Hill
Trump won't pardon 'Sheriff Joe' Arpaio at Arizona rally
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-other-administration/347542-trump-wont-pardon-sheriff-joe-arpaio-at

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Read more: http://www.startribune.com/questions-on-immigration-race-follow-trump-to-arizona/441363403/

[pangaia]

1. Let's just call her Sarah Huckabee so we never forget what she is...

As if that were even possible...

[Honeycombe8]

10. That family will always be "Huckleberry" to me. nt

[pangaia]

12. Huckleberry is too good for them.

It's either for Mark Twain
OR

"I'm your Huckleberry."

😎

[OliverQ]

2. So many stupid people attending that rally. Frustrating that many people can be so delusional

[Equinox Moon]

3. It is shocking isn't it.

How do they not see what is going on? To answer my own question, it is like a cult.

[Sunlei]

5. He should be with the Navy families. Tough enough to work & live on a ship, to die from collision...

heartbreaking.

Hes been on vacation for weeks, a rally is a waste of MORE time! Finish the damn transition! Can't Republican party scrape together some government hires?

[George II]

6. I won't be watching. I'll wait to see Don Lemon skewer him after its over.

[Doug the Dem]

7. Pretty In Pink

[LittleGirl]

8. live links

http://www.abc15.com/

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/

[Honeycombe8]

9. So he'll do it later, I guess. nt

[Quixote1818]

13. Doesn't sound like he is eligible. Trump is just being a blow hard.

&t=2s

[left-of-center2012]

11. It's on C-SPAN

Got two or three black Trump supporters strategically positioned behind the lectern. (One is Dr Carson)
One holding a sign reading ...

"Republicans aren't racists".