Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 3:53:21 GMT -6
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont took on one of Arizona’s most contentious political figures at a rally on Thursday, calling Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County a bully and accusing him of “un-American” behavior.
Mr. Sanders, speaking to a crowd of about 2,800 people at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort here, also pledged to devote more federal resources to Native Americans, who he said “face appalling levels of inequality.”
The rally came days after Mr. Sanders’s wife, Jane Sanders, had an impromptu discussion with Sheriff Arpaio at his so-called Tent City in Maricopa County, where jail inmates are housed under the hot sun. Sheriff Arpaio has said that the conditions there are no worse than those faced by many United States soldiers overseas.
Mr. Sanders said that Sheriff Arpaio, who is well known for his hard-line stance on illegal immigration, had “ambushed” his wife. “She asked him about racial profiling, and he didn’t have an answer,” Mr. Sanders said. “She asked him about conditions in Tent City and other abuses that he has perpetuated, and he didn’t have an answer. You know what, he cannot have an answer, because what he is doing is un-American and uncivilized.”
Read more: www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/18/bernie-sanders-in-arizona-takes-on-sheriff-joe-arpaio/
Mr. Sanders, speaking to a crowd of about 2,800 people at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort here, also pledged to devote more federal resources to Native Americans, who he said “face appalling levels of inequality.”
The rally came days after Mr. Sanders’s wife, Jane Sanders, had an impromptu discussion with Sheriff Arpaio at his so-called Tent City in Maricopa County, where jail inmates are housed under the hot sun. Sheriff Arpaio has said that the conditions there are no worse than those faced by many United States soldiers overseas.
Mr. Sanders said that Sheriff Arpaio, who is well known for his hard-line stance on illegal immigration, had “ambushed” his wife. “She asked him about racial profiling, and he didn’t have an answer,” Mr. Sanders said. “She asked him about conditions in Tent City and other abuses that he has perpetuated, and he didn’t have an answer. You know what, he cannot have an answer, because what he is doing is un-American and uncivilized.”
Read more: www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/18/bernie-sanders-in-arizona-takes-on-sheriff-joe-arpaio/