ARPAIO PARDONED

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Maybe he thinks nobody will notice with the hurricane about to make landfall.

That seems to be the right sort of stupid to pass for cunning in what passes for his brain.

If North Korea does nuke the US, Il Duce Grand Wizard Fuher so-called President Trumpolini's immediate response will probably be to pardon himself.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He needs to be removed.

For what? Using his constitutional authority? You need to impeach and remove somebody for a reason besides disagreeing with somebody politically.

For using his constitutional authority unwisely. Pardoning racist thug Arpaio is one more bit of proof (not that more was needed) that Trump is unfit to hold the office. That alone is sufficient justification to impeach him. That he has not been impeached should to destroy the Republican Party in coming years.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He needs to be removed.

For what? Using his constitutional authority? You need to impeach and remove somebody for a reason besides disagreeing with somebody politically.

For using his constitutional authority unwisely. Pardoning racist thug Arpaio is one more bit of proof (not that more was needed) that Trump is unfit to hold the office. That alone is sufficient justification to impeach him. That he has not been impeached should to destroy the Republican Party in coming years.

But that's not illegal, it's still legal to pardon Arpaio whether or not you like the man. You can't be impeached for pardoning somebody that you don't like. It's not a crime.

You don't seem to understand how impeachment works. Here's the relevant passage:

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As the relevant wikipedia page makes clear, High Crimes and Misdemeanors covers all or any crime that abuses office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_crimes_and_misdemeanors

Deciding whether pardoning a racist criminal thug and campaign supporter who committed crimes under the cover of law warrants impeachment is very much up to Congress. But they certainly can do so, and if they do they're just as much acting under their authority as Trumpolini is by issuing this pardon.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

At this point, one has to wonder whether there was an ulterior motive to this. Trump doesn't give favors to people unless he can get something out of it. Arpaio has nothing left to give Trump, and stood to lose virtually nothing from his conviction. And obviously, there was no popularity to gain from this.

Perhaps he's sending a signal to Manafort, Flynn, etc. that he'll have their back if they're good boys and take the fall for him?

The real question is, are they stupid enough to trust him?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

So much for Trump being the Law and Order President.

Law and Order only applies to the scary brown people. Good clean white folks like Arpaio deserve sympathy and forgiveness.

/s

Anyway, if your goal is "pssing of thoz afwuhl lirbauslh", congrats, I guess? It's clear that this is the only purpose of Trump's presidency.

Nah. Trumpolini's presidency is about petty graft and further-inflating his distended ego, too.