Latest Joe Arpaio Quotes from Interviews

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• I love the president Donald Trump. He supports law enforcement and I'm very humbled. I said publicly, recently, pardon or no pardon, I will be with him until the end.

  Joe Arpaio

  Support, President, Law Enforcement

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I'd rather report to four million people as the elected Sheriff than some governor or president, so I like reporting to the people.

  Joe Arpaio

  People, President, Four

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff.

  Joe Arpaio

  Running, President, Vices

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I don't care where [Ted] Cruz comes from. I don't care where the President comes from. Day one, I opened an investigation on a fraudulent government Hawaii document, period, on a birth certificate, so if you can say Cruz has fake documents, okay.

  Joe Arpaio

  Government, Fake, President

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

• Let [Ted] Cruz - let the people go to the courts and see if he's here legitimately. I don't know. I'm not going to get into that.

  Joe Arpaio

  People, Court, Cruz

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I think [ immigration] is still is a problem, whether it's 11 million or 2 million. Why is it - why have the situation decreased? Are we going to say because of the crackdown or are we going to say that the jobs are not here?

  Joe Arpaio

  Jobs, Thinking, Immigration

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

• You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

  Joe Arpaio

  Doors, Giving, Immigration

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

• I just came back from - with Trump when I endorsed him in Iowa, in Marshalltown, a little town - 27,000 - have a lot of Hispanics working there from Mexico in a private business, so they're still here. I'm not saying they're here illegally but they still come and they work, make money for their families, send the money back to Mexico or whatever, so it's a big problem.

  Joe Arpaio

  Iowa, Mexico, Littles

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• If you come across illegal aliens committing crimes, other crimes, you deport them.

  Joe Arpaio

  Aliens, Crime, Illegal

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk. I could just stay home and don't talk about any candidate.

  Joe Arpaio

  Believe, Home, Guy

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• In the old days when I was enforcing illegal immigration laws, when I had the authority from the 287G, everybody accused me that 100,000 people from foreign countries left town. They either went back to where they came from or whatever. So if this little old sheriff can cause, if you want to believe it, many, many people leaving and going back to their country, why can't you do that nationwide?

  Joe Arpaio

  Country, Believe, Law

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.

  Joe Arpaio

  Risk, Looks, Look At Me

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• If I'm hated, okay. I don't believe that.

  Joe Arpaio

  Believe, Hated, Okay

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• I take risks, if you want to call it a risk. All the people running for president, last time, you know, they all came to visit me or meet me. They all wanted my endorsement and I endorsed [Rick] Perry at that time. He wasn't that well-liked either, but you have to do what you have to do.

  Joe Arpaio

  Running, People, Risk

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Law, Criminals

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". Interview with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• If you mention what he said about rapists from Mexico, there are some that come over - I can prove that with how many I have in the jail system - but I don't think Donald Trump meant that everybody coming over are rapists. Come on, he knows that and I know that.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Jail, Mexico

  "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 28, 2016.

• There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.

  Joe Arpaio

  People, Insulting, Care

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

• I don't think Donald Trump is afraid of journalists. If he was, he wouldn't be on the TV every hour on the hour.

  Joe Arpaio

  Thinking, Tvs, Hours

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

• The day I leave, you won't know how to pronounce my name. You could care less about me, and I should be dead and buried because there's not one media that will come and remember who Joe Arpaio is. That's the way it is in politics.

  Joe Arpaio

  Media, Names, Care

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.

  Joe Arpaio

  Hard Work, Trying, Taught

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• I just can't surrender. I can't start something and then surrender because of political reasons. I just don't do that, and that goes back to me, why I keep running when I should probably take it easy, even though I have no hobbies, and enjoy the rest of my life.

  Joe Arpaio

  Running, Political, Hobbies

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• Once I can talk to people, I switch them over on my side.

  Joe Arpaio

  People, Sides, I Can

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• I'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.

  Joe Arpaio

  Guy, Computer, Knows

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.

  Joe Arpaio

  Smart, Government, Deals

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

• I just talk, and I say what I feel, and yet, I'm a nice guy.

  Joe Arpaio

  Nice, Guy, Nice Guy

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.