The face of American fascism? Decoding sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-bestiality video

His address is like a parody of Donald Trump, revealing the absurd and fictional nature of the demons they pursue and the emergencies they promise to resolve

Is this the face of American fascism? Whiter than white – his hands skeletally pale – and showing all his 83 years, Joe Arpaio, the minority-persecuting sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, warns the public against yet another enemy in its midst. First it was Barack Obama, who Arpaio insists is not a true-born American. Then it was anyone who looks to his officers like they may potentially be an illegal immigrant. In February he was rebuked by a US district court for ignoring orders to cease his policy of arresting people simply on suspicion of illegal immigration.

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