Far-right former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio would apparently welcome oral sex from Donald Trump.
Arpaio, who was pardoned by Trump in 2017 after being convicted of criminal contempt of court for racially profiling Latinos, made the comments during an appearance on the fourth episode of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America?
Cohen introduced a new character, Finnish YouTuber OMGWhizzBoyOMG, who hosted Arpaio on his chat show.
Near the end of their interview, Cohen asked, “If Donald Trump calls you up after this and says, Sheriff Joe, I want to offer you an amazing blow job, would you say yes?”
Arpaio responded: “I may have to say yes.”
His comment came after a number of notable moments during the segment, including Arpaio telling a doughnut about the positives of gun ownership, and Cohen’s character saying he had stockpiled guns to prepare for the “upcoming race war” — a comment that led Arpaio to respond that Trump would be a fan of Cohen’s character’s ideas.
Watch the segment below:
Arpaio, 86, gained notoriety as sheriff of Maricopa County for overseeing what the Department of Justice concluded was the worst pattern of racial profiling in U.S. history.
In 2017, he was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal injunction in a case where he had been accused of racially profiling and detaining Latinos in an effort to round up and deport immigrants who were in the country illegally. He was soon pardoned by Trump, for whom he had actively campaigned during the 2016 election.
In addition to their views on illegal immigration, Arpaio and Trump share another far-right belief: that President Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen, and that his birth certificate is forged. Arpaio continues to cite this conspiracy theory, despite a lack of any evidence.
During Trump’s pardon of Arpaio, Trump attempted to justify his decision by pointing to previous pardons, including that of Chelsea Manning. In addition to misgendering her, Trump also mistakenly believed that Manning had been pardoned, when her sentence had instead been commuted by President Obama.
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that prohibits transgender and nonbinary individuals from obtaining passports reflecting their gender identities.
Rubio's directive, issued in January, had instructed State Department staff to freeze all applications for passports with "X" gender markers or applications requesting changes to gender markers on existing passports.
Rubio also directed his subordinate to enforce a section of the Immigration and Nationalist Act that allows the United States to refuse entry to any visa applicant who commits identity fraud or misrepresents who they are, with particular focus on transgender athletes from foreign countries.
The U.S. Senate parliamentarian blocked several provisions in President Donald Trump's proposed tax and budget bill, including a transgender health care ban that would have prohibited federal funds from covering gender-affirming care.
The provision seeks to block transgender people of all ages -- including adults -- from accessing transition-related care by banning Medicaid, ACA marketplace plans, and the Children's Health Insurance Program from covering the cost.
But Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who is tasked offering nonpartisan advice to federal lawmakers on Senate rules, declared that the proposed transgender health care ban violates the Byrd Rule, which requires reconciliation bills -- those cobbled together to resolve differences between House and Senate versions -- to only contain provisions that impact the budget or spending, and not any "extraneous" matters.
"Well, darlings... The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed," wrote former U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on X Thursday evening. "From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news, what a ride it's been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried... most days."
Hours later, the openly gay ex-congressman -- ever the drama queen to the end -- reported to federal prison to begin serving a seven-year sentence for fraud and identity theft.
Santos was sentenced in April to 87 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was ordered to pay $374,000 in restitution and forfeit more than $205,000 he earned through fraud.
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