Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be “wearing two hats” by both participating and providing security at a Donald Trump rally in Phoenix on Saturday.
“Here I’m gonna be kinda wearing two hats — in charge of the security there in the town and also participating, I would imagine, with Trump in the rally, so it makes it interesting,” Arpaio told Politico in an article published on Friday.
Arpaio said Trump’s rhetoric has been blown out of proportion.
“They always repeat little minor things, what he said in the rally ‘oh you gotta carry him out on a stretcher, blah, blah, blah.’ I just thought that when you have a rally, you’re supposed to rally people and kind of say things that are exciting,” he said.
Arpaio endorsed Trump in January. He also told Politico that it “is going to be a lot of fun taking care of business there.”
The 83-year-old sheriff said he’s well versed in the handling protesters.
“I’ve had demonstrations against me constantly,” he said. “He hasn’t had that many demonstrators compared to me.”
If being a protestor at a Trump rally wasn’t difficult enough, well now you’ve got Arpaio in charge of security. I seriously hope no one gets hurt.
There’s the problem in a nutshell. Sheriff Joe finds incitement to violence “exciting”. At least if it comes from right wing extremists.
If Trump is elected, Arpaio will head up Trump’s secret police (Bush’s creation know as dept of hinterland security).
No worry about anyone getting hurt. Joe is so experienced that all he has to do is just show up.
I don’t care how many hats Joe decides to wear —
He’ll never be able to hide what’s under them ----