What’s with the pink underwear?

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a very odd tweet that’s been making its way around news headlines. . .

“I just got done welcoming Sarah Palin to our County. Had a nice chat and gave her a pair of pink underwear.”

So what’s with the pink underwear?

Arpaio has became famous for his purposefully harsh treatment of illegal immigrants and his humiliation tactic of making illegal detainees wear pink underwear. He calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff,” and although he has maintained a high approval rating and has never seriously been challenged in any election, his tactics have earned him numerous condemnations from human rights groups, he’s currently being sued by the federal government for not cooperating with one of the various civil rights investigations into his sheriff practice, and his office was accused in late September of misusing up to $80 million in taxpayer funds.

Arpaio has recently endorsed Tea Party candidates in an effort to raise his national profile, but it seems nothing will get as much attention as giving Sarah Palin a welcome gift of pink underwear.

As published on Examiner.com