guardian.co.uk,
Associated Press, Sunday 19 February 2012
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| Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu at a press conference where he denied threatening to deport an ex-lover. Babeu has resigned from the Romney campaign. Photograph: Deirdre Hamill/AP/Arizona Republic |
An Arizona
sheriff has resigned as co-chairman of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign in the state after he was accused of threatening a former
lover with deportation to Mexico if he talked about their relationship.
Paul Babeu,
Pinal county sheriff, denied he or his lawyer made the deportation threat but
stepped down from helping the former Massachusetts governor who is seeking the
presidential nomination.
Babeu
acknowledged a previous relationship with the man making the allegations, whom
he identified only as Jose.
The Romney
campaign said in a statement: "Sheriff Babeu has stepped down from his
volunteer position with the campaign so he can focus on the allegations against
him. We support his decision."
Babeu, a
tough law-and-order advocate, was considered a rising star in state Republican
politics and a strong candidate to win the party nomination for a congressional
seat in Arizona this year.
The Phoenix
New Times newspaper reported this week that Babeu's lawyer had asked Jose to
sign a legal agreement that would require him to keep quiet about his
involvement with the sheriff . According to the newspaper the lawyer also
warned Jose that any talk about their relationship could imperil his
immigration status.
"All
of these allegations that were in one of these newspapers were absolutely
false, except for the issue that referred to me as being gay, and that is the
truth. I am gay," Babeu told the news conference.
Babeu first
came to statewide prominence in 2010 when he appeared in a campaign ad for the
US senator John McCain of Arizona, who was the Republican presidential nominee
two years earlier, calling for tough immigration measures.
Babeu is a
strong critic of the handling of immigration issues by Barack Obama's
administration. Republicans are choosing a candidate to challenge Obama for the
presidency in November's election.
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