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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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Springfield
Massachusetts
Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
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I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.
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I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
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I don't bow down to the federal government.
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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 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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It takes a lot of work to do this every day, every day, but I feel, as a sheriff, I should get to know my people. I serve them. They don't serve me. I serve them. They're my bosses, and the more people I can see and talk to, I love it.
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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 was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.
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Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
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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.
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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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I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
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I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
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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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I love the president Donald Trump. He supports law enforcement and I'm very humbled. I said publicly, recently, pardon or no pardon, I will be with him until the end.
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I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.
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We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.
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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'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.
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You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.
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