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I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff.
Joe Arpaio
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Joe Arpaio
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: June 14
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Sheriff
Springfield
Massachusetts
Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
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I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
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I think it doesn't matter what color you are. Everybody is getting the - getting the stick, and I'm sure Trump feels the same way.
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The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.
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I don't throw people under the bus. When I stick by a guy - I may not agree with him all the time, but I sure don't throw him under the bus.
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If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.
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I don't bow down to the federal government.
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I don't care where [Ted] Cruz comes from. I don't care where the President comes from. Day one, I opened an investigation on a fraudulent government Hawaii document, period, on a birth certificate, so if you can say Cruz has fake documents, okay.
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You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.
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I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there.
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I just can't surrender. I can't start something and then surrender because of political reasons. I just don't do that, and that goes back to me, why I keep running when I should probably take it easy, even though I have no hobbies, and enjoy the rest of my life.
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There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.
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I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
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Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change.
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Some people call me a publicity hound.
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I'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.
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A ‘liberal paradise’ would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities and only law enforcement personnel have guns. And, believe it or not, such a liberal utopia does indeed exist. ... It’s called prison.
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Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.
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But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.
Joe Arpaio
Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
Joe Arpaio
I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.
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