Pardon a sign of 'worse to come' [View all]
BY BRANDON CARTER - 08/26/17 09:12 AM EDT
The former director of the Office of Government Ethics ripped .. Trump for pardoning .. Arpaio, calling it "vile" and a "racist, pro-authoritarian gesture."
"What POTUS says 'exemplifies selfless public service' is: dehumanizing inmates, racial profiling, and gleefully defying a court order,"Walter Shaub tweeted Friday night. "Every one of you WH staffers owns this disgusting, un-American, racist pro-authoritarian gesture forever like it was tattooed on your forehead."
"This pardon also departs from procedural norms. And as an affirmative act by POTUS, it reveals an emboldening. A harbinger of worse to come" ...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/348090-former-ethics-director-trumps-arpaio-pardon-a-sign-of-worse-to
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