Long List of Responses to Joe Arpaio Pardon

Here's a bunch of statements, articles, and op-eds which progressively reveal what a thoroughly disgusting person Donald Trump chose to pardon. I've organized them in order of shortest to longest word count, so you can attenuate your reading according to your current attention span (or, perhaps, how long you feel able to stifle the rising bile in your throat at the thought that such a terrible, monstrous person will avoid any consequences of his actions). This is by no means meant to be an exhaustive list, because if I tried to do that, I probably be here all weekend.


Twitter statement from Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law. (24)

Statement on Twitter from Walter Shaub, the man who just resigned as director of the Office of Government Ethics, because he didn’t think the ethics standards were high enough. (64)

Statement by Senator John McCain on President Trump's Pardon of Joe Arpaio (101)

Montini: Trump violates his oath for Arpaio (who violated his oath) (344)

Roberts: Trump pardon of Joe Arpaio packs a punch (smack in the nose) (473)

Our View: Donald Trump just resurrected Joe Arpaio from irrelevance (634)

Phoenix Newspaper Tears Into Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio In Brutal Twitter Thread (721, but there’s links to a lot of other articles)

Trump’s most recent shout to white supremacists: I’m with you (747)

Trump Pardoned Joe Arpaio to Torment Any American who Doesn't Support Him (845)

Arpaio Pardon May Be Opening Act of a Constitutional Crisis (932)

I was one of Joe Arpaio’s victims. He doesn’t deserve a pardon. (948)

Trump’s first pardon: An authoritarian racist who thinks he’s above the law? (952)

The year I spent in Joe Arpaio’s tent jail was hell. He should never walk free. (1,123)

Wait, do People Actually Know Just How Evil This Man is? (4,113, very well-sourcd)