AZ Sheriff running for Congress. and just left Romney's campaign due to scandal.
it doesn't matter that he's gay, but i think running that advert was a big dumb mistake for a high-profile person.
and if "jose" is an illegal, this further hurts his cred.
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A notoriously anti-immigration aide to Mitt Romney has left the campaign in disgrace after he was accused of threatening to deport his ex-gay lover to Mexico.
The man, only identified as ‘Jose,’ claimed Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu threatened him with deportation if he ever disclosed their three-year relationship, the Phoenix New Times stated in an explosive tell-all.
Babeu denied the allegations at a press conference Saturday, saying that all of the accusations appearing in the alternative weekly newspaper are ‘absolutely false, except to the issues that refer to me as being gay.’
He said the accusations arose to mar his chances of running for congress.
Babeu, 43, who served as the co-chair of Mitt Romney’s Arizona campaign, is seeking the GOP nomination for Arizona’s rural western 4th congressional seat.
The sheriff denied claims he tried to threaten the man with deportation if their past relationship was made public.
CNN revealed that while the sheriff is not halting his congressional campaign, he stepped down from his volunteer position with Mr Romney’s campaign.
‘We support the decision,’ Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrew Saul said in a statement to CNN.
Politico speculates the forced outing may be harmful to Babeu’s campaign in part because the claim filed by Jose alleges that a man famous for border protection and deportation of illegal immigrants himself had a relationship with an illegal immigrant.
it doesn't matter that he's gay, but i think running that advert was a big dumb mistake for a high-profile person.
and if "jose" is an illegal, this further hurts his cred.
A notoriously anti-immigration aide to Mitt Romney has left the campaign in disgrace after he was accused of threatening to deport his ex-gay lover to Mexico.
The man, only identified as ‘Jose,’ claimed Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu threatened him with deportation if he ever disclosed their three-year relationship, the Phoenix New Times stated in an explosive tell-all.
Babeu denied the allegations at a press conference Saturday, saying that all of the accusations appearing in the alternative weekly newspaper are ‘absolutely false, except to the issues that refer to me as being gay.’
He said the accusations arose to mar his chances of running for congress.
Babeu, 43, who served as the co-chair of Mitt Romney’s Arizona campaign, is seeking the GOP nomination for Arizona’s rural western 4th congressional seat.
The sheriff denied claims he tried to threaten the man with deportation if their past relationship was made public.
CNN revealed that while the sheriff is not halting his congressional campaign, he stepped down from his volunteer position with Mr Romney’s campaign.
‘We support the decision,’ Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrew Saul said in a statement to CNN.
Politico speculates the forced outing may be harmful to Babeu’s campaign in part because the claim filed by Jose alleges that a man famous for border protection and deportation of illegal immigrants himself had a relationship with an illegal immigrant.