MIKE PENCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And I just found out when I was walking through the door that we were also going to be joined today by another favorite, a great friend of this president, a tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law who spent a lifetime in law enforcement, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I'm honored to have you here.</s>HARLOW: That's the vice president of the United States honored to welcome a former sheriff, a current U.S. Senate candidate who was convicted of defying a federal court order on racial profiling then pardoned by President Trump, sends me those comments in Arizona, the state where Arpaio targeted immigrants for traffic stops and detained them based solely on suspicion of their legal status.</s>BERMAN: We're going to bring back our commentators, Robby Mook and Amanda Carpenter. Yes, Amanda, the president pardoned Joe Arpaio, but yes this was a guy who was convicted of criminal contempt and by the way, he's also a guy who still says, he's 100 percent convinced that President Obama - former President Obama's birth certificate was a fake document. Mike Pence is honored to have him there. What do you make of that?</s>CARPENTER: I have a problem with the rule of law comment. And not so much as it applies to drive Arpaio although we could have that discussion. It's the fact that he was given a pardon for criminal contempt. The Trump administration said hey, you don't have to obey court orders. You don't have to go to trial. Pardoning somebody without going to a trial and seeing what they may be convicted of is nearly unprecedented and that hasn't gotten nearly enough focus because - I mean, let's see what he would be convicted of.
Pence Praises Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio: "Champion" of the "Rule of Law"