Sheriff Joe Arpaio Says Obama's Birth Certificate a Forgery: Best Twitter Responses

By Dale W. Eisinger | March 01 2012 6:17 PM

Ever the instigator, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., announced Thursday that his six-month investigation into the legitimacy of President Barack Obama's birth certificate has reached a logical conclusion: It is a digital forgery.

Reuters

After a six-month-long investigation, America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” suggested that the President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and selective service registration cards are fakes.

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Based on all of the evidence, I cannot in good faith report to you these documents are authentic, Arpaio said at a press conference. Investigators believe that the long-form birth certificate was manufactured electronically and that it did not originate in the paper format as presented by the White House.

Arpaio, who turns 80 this year, has been in the past accused of racial profiling, improper policing tactics and abuse of power.

The digital world did not react with much empathy to Arpaio's announcement. Here are a few of the best reactions culled from Twitter in the moments after Arpaio's announcement.

Dear Media: Do you ever tire of being played by the likes of Joe Arpaio and Sarah Palin? Didn't think so.

— Herman Cain's Hat (@HermanCainsHat) March 1, 2012

BREAKING: Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation has determined that King Joffrey is Robert Baratheon's legitimate heir. — Andy Daglas (@AndyDaglas) March 1, 2012

Sheriff Joe #Arpaiobelieves Obama's birth certificate is a forgery, but he is completely convinced that Donald Trump's hair is real.

— The Wall Street Bull (@TheWallStBull) March 1, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says Obama birth certificate is fake. He's working on this because all of the crime in Maricopa County is solved. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 1, 2012

do you think Joe Arpaio knows the majority of the country thinks he's just a racist piece of sht?

— idkidm (@idkidm) March 1, 2012

Joe Arpaio is more interested in Obama's birth certificate than solving sex crimes because goddammit America, freedom must be protected. — Zachary Smith (@VertiLego) March 1, 2012

RT @laloalcaraz: RT if you are Latino and HATE @RealSheriffJoe , also if you are not Latino and hate Sheriff Joe Arpaio

— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) February 27, 2012

Joe Arpaio is proof that ours is a society that does not discriminate against Conspiracy-Theorist-Americans. — Glen Allen Walken (@GlenAllenWalken) March 1, 2012

@MacandGaydos About time you guys see the real Joe Arpaio. Yes, he is purposely creating a conflict of interest like he did with Grant Woods

— FuckTheTeaParty (@SaberGato) March 1, 2012

@niclott I have a theory that Joe Arpaio's whole life is an elaborate piece of performance art. — R.L. Nave (@rlnave) March 1, 2012

#Birther RWNJ #news / Dept of Wake Up ; People of #AZ now paying salary of Joe #Arpaio , to run Ken Starr investigations... — Balkingpoints.com (@Balkingpoints) March 1, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you're much like @SarahPalinUsa in that neither of you are relevant.You're both a laughing stock.

— Navy Mom (@USNavyMom08) March 1, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio announces formation of Tea Party Detectives Club. Join today! -crackerjack decoder ring included- — Freefall (@freefall_mc) March 1, 2012