Best Interview
Joe Arpaio on Who Is America?
It may have been Joe Arpaio’s best interview in 25 years of politicking. The former Maricopa County sheriff has dropped enough bombshells during interviews over the years to flatten the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. (Remember when he told Lou Dobbs it was an “honor” to be compared to the KKK?) Nothing he’s done on TV in the past, however, tops his R-rated appearance with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Showtime’s Who is America? While he was still running his failed campaign for the U.S. Senate, Arpaio got tricked by Cohen into appearing on the show, thinking Cohen was a YouTube star from Finland. Anyone in their right mind would have pegged Cohen as a kidder, but Arpaio, 86, has been steadily losing his mind for years. When Cohen asked Arpaio if he thought President Donald Trump has had a “golden shower,” the ex-sheriff didn’t reflect back to the news coverage of the past year. Instead, he told Cohen it wouldn’t surprise him. The punch line of the show came when Cohen asked Arpaio what he’d say if Trump offered him “an amazing blowjob.” To the delight of nearly everyone, Arpaio responded that he “may have to say yes.” Maybe it was a Freudian slip, but Arpaio probably had no idea what Cohen was talking about. He might not have even known what day it was. But Arpaio’s last major interview will be racking up views on YouTube for years to come.