A group will call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s resignation with a 30-second television ad set to air during tonight’s Republican presidential debate in Arizona.
The ad, which is being paid for by Citizens for a Better Arizona, will air just once on CNN in the Phoenix market. But the group’s leader, Randy Parraz, told TPM it will also air 11 more times in the coming days on a local Fox affiliate.
“He’s the most incompetent sheriff,” Parraz said. “It’s time to move on.”
The advertisement attacks Arpaio’s self-appointed title as “America’s Toughest Sheriff.”
“Really?” the ad’s narrator says. “How is Arpaio tough when under his watch violent crimes, including homicides, increased?”
Citizens for a Better Arizona is the same organization that forced the recall of powerful state Senate President Russell Pearce last year.
Watch the spot here:
