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AgadorSparticus

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1. The moral of the story here is that Arpaio was insanely popular but

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:18 AM

Mar 2017

He thought he was above the law. And when it was reported how he ignored federal judges, I think there was backlash to it. People may be all for the cracking down of illegal immigrants (b/c they are breaking the law) won't take kindly to Arpaio breaking the law himself. Not reasonable people anyways....

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