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He wanted to be Arizona's next Joe Arpaio. Well, he is: like Arpaio, Paul Babeu lost as well
Sheriff Babeu‘s role in the original 2010 fence ad brought him to the attention of racists everywhere, and he started to appear regularly on
Fox News to gripe about all the nasty shi t immigrants are doing in Arizona.
Sheriff Babeu obviously saw himself as the heir apparent to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the two bigoted lawmen often appeared at anti-immigrant rallies together. Sheriff Babeu‘s next step in 2012, then, was a run for Congress in the very Republican District 4, where he seemed a shoo-in.
He was also appointed chair of Mitt Romney’s Arizona team. Things were looking rosy for Paul Babeu.
Only problem: The sheriff is gay (strike 1 in this conservative district) and his lover at the time was undocumented (strike 2 in the anti-Latino stronghold). Babeu struck out when the media reported that he had
threatened his lover with deportation if he revealed their relationship to the conservative voters in District 4. Strike 3! Sheriff Babeu dropped out of the 2012 congressional race and he stepped down as Romney’s state chair.
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