to target latinos. he said he didn t mean to violate the order and it wasn t clear. president trump didn t agree with the judge who convicted arpaio. so, was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? i ll make a prediction. i think he s going to be just fine. okay? joining us now, steve montenegro. we have with us jorge ramos. anchor of univision. senator montenegro, let me start with you. two republicans in the u.s. senate, both of them came out against the pardon of sheriff arpaio done this way. i would have preferred that the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course. senator john mccain was blunter tweeting, quote, the president s pardon of joe arpaio, who
being received by the latino community in this country, in general? my read is that we were right when we detected racism when president trump said that mexican immigrants were criminals and rapists and when he told you, jake, that josh corriel couldn t do his job simply because he was latino. that s the definition of discrimination and racism. i m sorry to say we were right. i m sorry to say what we detected on june 16, 2015, is happening here. because it s follow a pattern, not only his criticism of immigrants but then what he said about josh corriel and how he responded to the violence in virginia and now his pardon to arpaio. i m wondering what s next. maybe daca, maybe a wall. who knows? senator montenegro, what would you like president trump to do when it comes to the
are held accountable when they behave like thugs. the message he is sending with this pardon to other government officials to other law enforcement officials is a very bad message. michael? of course, the other message is that our department of justice under obama the most political department of justice in modern times, weaponized against people like sheriff arpaio, that we are not like venezuela, cuba, we re not going to stand for political persecution like the department of justice took after sheriff arpaio. this is completely constitutionally defensible. i think the people who are complaining about it today are going to be carping about everything donald trump does, even if there s a storm going on or anything else. i mean, he does have the constitutional right to pardon. absolutely. it s his right to par don. he took extraordinary steps here. he did not take the advice of the justice department and another message he is sending, think about the messages is, this issue th
was a democrat. i was a republican when the president you support was an independent. if you are a republican i m louise fonzi. maybe you are. but i am a republican. i supported ronald reagan, i support supported every single so have yeah, i supported bob menendez. so did jared kushner. so did donald trump. right. that doesn t bother you? no it doesn t bother me. you don t know how to spell hi po kri si? i m telling you, what all this racism donald trump supported nancy pelosi. he had hillary clinton at his wedding. he had bill clinton at his wedding. you are going to accuse me? you don t represent the republican view. i proudly do not represent the trump view. donald trump is not a republican. let me ask another question about this. he is a republican president. let me ask this question about the arpaio pardon. because people are looking at it, democrats and republicans and saying there s more to this than an arpaio pardon. there s a guy on the intern
so, was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? i ll make a prediction. i think he s going to be just fine. okay? joining us now, steve montenegro. he s a republican state senator from arizona. we have with us jorge ramos. anchor of univision. senator montenegro, let me start with you. arizona has two republicans in the u.s. senate, both of them came out against the pardon of sheriff arpaio done this way. senator jeff flake tweeting, quote, regarding the sheriff joe arpaio pardon, i would have preferred that the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course. senator john mccain was blunter tweeting, quote, the president s pardon of joe arpaio, who illegally profiled latinos undermines his claim for respect of rule of law, unquote. senator, why in your view are your two republican u.s. senators wrong about this issue? thank you for having me, jake, first of all. there s longstanding agreements