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Frank Milstead: “Joe [Arpaio] was tough on crime.”

Featuring: Frank Milstead, Republican | Former Candidate, Maricopa County Sheriff | Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 07:14

You know, for a lot of people, those reflections, the era of Joe Arpaio, who. Well, and Joe [Arpaio] was tough on crime. He was tough on crime. He also had immigration sweeps that were deemed illegal. And my city, Mesa, at the time when I was the chief, we were the victim of some of those. (07:14–07:17)

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Asserts that Joe Arpaio was tough on crime.

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