Clinton supporters are bringing a truly disgusting distortion machine into high gear over a supposed “gaffe” or worse (several are characterizing it as a pro-Arpaio “photo op”) by Jane Sanders, wife of Bernie Sanders: she visited the horrible “tent city” jail run by Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The [Sanders Camp] announcement about the visit:
Jane Sanders, community organizer and wife of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., plans to visit Tent City, the jail facility run by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, today (March 14).
Sanders will examine conditions at the tent jail, it was announced in a press release that criticized Sheriff Joe Arpaio's treatment of inmates at Tent City, citing lawsuits over civil rights violations and racial profiling in Maricopa County, as well as raids to enforce detention and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
She will later meet with undocumented immigrants who have been affected by Sheriff's Office raids.
Sanders is to leave from the office of Puente Arizona — which describes itself as a grass-roots migrant justice organization based in Phoenix, that aims to "develop, educate, and empower migrant communities to protect and defend our families and ourselves" — in the late afternoon to travel to Tent City. The event is closed to the public, as is her later meeting with undocumented families at the Puente Arizona office.
This was a visit to learn about and bring attention to the horrible conditions in the jail — and Clinton supporters are trying to twist that very worthy cause into a pro-Arpaio event. (Momentary pause for head explosion: fuck you into a thousand burning pieces you raging fucking assholes.)
Ahem.
Sheriff Arpaio heard about the planned visit — and worked his way into the event.
Don’t take my word for it:
If you’re unfamiliar with how most jails in the U.S. work—they’re run by sheriffs offices. If Arpaio wants to barge his way into this — there’s no stopping him. He’s literally the head of that jail.
Human shit stain Clinton supporters like Al Giordano started spreading the idea that this was a pro-Arpaio event:
It has spread from there — even to right here on DKos. (Cuz — you know — BernieBros are so mean!)
The schtick being spread around now: “Yeah — but she wasn’t really mean to Arpaio while he was talking!”
I fucking hate this shit.
Added: Jane Sanders actually asked Arpaio some very good questions:
Added: in Arizona the day before, Jane Sanders received a shawl from Apache elders:
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Update: Jane Sanders (please read her whole thread):