Jan Brewer: 'The Federal Government Is After Arizona' (VIDEO)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) spoke with Fox News's Sean Hannity Tuesday night and expressed her belief that the Obama Administration was targeting the state of Arizona with superfluous and unwarranted lawsuits as an alternative to securing the state's border with Mexico.

"The bottom line is that we're all believing that the federal government is after Arizona and they are going after everybody," Brewer, introduced by Hannity as "the woman who refuses to back down," told the Fox News host.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement bill, SB 1070, back in July, claiming that the harsh legislation would create "a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country." In September, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was also sued by the DOJ after refusing to cooperate with the Department's probe of the lawman's supposed discrimination against Hispanics.

But Brewer explained these actions as an attempt by the federal government to deflect responsibility for securing the nation's southern border.

"They don't want to do their job," Brewer claimed. "So they just start filing lawsuits and attacking people. Why don't they attack our border and get it secured? A lot of these issues would go away."

Brewer continued, describing herself as a defiant governor seeking to combat the "vote gathering" and political calculating that she said was leading the federal government to endanger the state of Arizona.

"I'm tired of fighting the feds. I'm tired of their tactics," Brewer said. "But I won't give up. Arizona won't give up. I will tell you, we're gonna keep Arizona safe."

Hannity managed to entirely avoid questioning Brewer about a less-than-stellar debate performance last week, as well as a subsequent controversy over a misstated statistic about non-existent beheadings taking place in the Arizona desert. Brewer appeared to take notice, thanking Hannity directly for his support at the end of the interview.

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Comments

[Don Knowles]

11:34 AM on 09/21/2010

Back when Ellis Island was at its peak of processing immigrants­, on average they processed over 5000 people a day, without the aid of super computers. Now in our age we can not find a logical way to register guest workers to come in, work for a fair wage, be treated with dignity, be covered by health insurance and have safe and affordable housing? The problem is that the employers want the cheap slave labor without the hassles, Americans don't want to pay more for the goods and services these guest workers provide, the republican­s need a minority group to vilify and last but not least our industrial war complex needs the federal dollars pouring in so they can continue to reap money by the bail full. Its all a shell game to keep modern day slavery alive.

[Don Knowles]

11:28 AM on 09/21/2010

the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree but I think your right, he is where he should be and she is not.

[Hardyman1966]

05:01 PM on 09/10/2010

If the only place someone will speak is on Fox, I see no reason to even bother playing it back once.

[Dare To Dream]

04:36 PM on 09/09/2010

Who is Jan Brewer. This is PUBLIC INFORMATIO­N:
"Ronald Brewer, 46, is not just mentally ill. He was deemed criminally insane in 1990, following a July 1989 arrest and subsequent indictment for the sexual assault and kidnapping of a Phoenix woman. According to a Phoenix Police Department report dated July 29, 1989, Brewer, then an unemployed 25-year-ol­d, forced his way into a woman's apartment on West Indian School Road and threatened to hurt her "real bad" if she didn't engage in sexual acts, including performing fellatio."

http://tin­y.cc/13o8g

[Dare To Dream]

04:32 PM on 09/09/2010

Another victim. Blame the alcohol Jan for your meltdown. Not Obama.

[Numberwang]

01:49 PM on 09/09/2010

Only alphabetic­ally Jan dear.

[Horus45]

01:43 PM on 09/09/2010

Our state is not being run by Jan Brewer, she is just a puppet who is clueless.
She only has a 2 year degree from Glendale CC.
She just signs what is put in front of her by her handlers.

[HerbTee]

01:47 PM on 09/09/2010

Horus, are you sure about the 2-year community college degree?  I read that Brewer never attended a degree course curriculum in college, but attended vocational type classes to obtain a profession­al license (a dental technician or something like that).

[Horus45]

01:58 PM on 09/09/2010

Her wiki page says "Born in California­, Brewer is a graduate of Glendale Community College."

That is what I was going by, it would not be the first instance of someone lying on Wikipedia.

http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/J­an_Brewer

[AdobePhsyko]

01:40 PM on 09/09/2010

I'd like to see her Birth Certificat­e. She has NEVER made it public.
What is she hiding ? (besides her mental illness)
AND.......­..........­......She wants to keep the Mexicans out but , What about Muslim Radicals ?
She wants to turn us into a Muslim Country.

[HerbTee]

01:44 PM on 09/09/2010

This woman Brewer is an uneducated lout.  What do people expect from such a person...b­rilliance and ingenuity?

[Dare To Dream]

04:35 PM on 09/09/2010

The Mexicans, the Muslism radicals; the Russians that have expired visas; Chinese; Haitains; Cubans, come on ! Are mexicans the only illegals in this country. Are you concerned about those that ONLY SNEEK into the country as oppose to those that come and wear their welcome out and NEVER LEAVE? Which is it Jan?

[doctorkosan]

01:39 PM on 09/09/2010

Jan Brewer never backed down from a drink at a bar.

[Mark Fey]

01:25 PM on 09/09/2010

Brewer claims to rely on the "facts on the ground". Meanwhile, she ignores the facts and makes up her own stories and attempts to pass them as facts.

When will she admit the the she invented the be-heading­s. She has not balanced the budget, yet she claims she has. She makes up the "facts" she claims to rely upon.

She should be removed from office.

[HerbTee]

01:34 PM on 09/09/2010

Mark, that's what ReTHUGlipi­gs excel at...lies, exaggerati­ons and spin.  Then, they serve it all up as warm pablum to their lapdogs who'll vote for them against their own best interests.

[DesertRatzoRizzo]

01:17 PM on 09/09/2010

Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, Russell Pearce and other Arizona politician­s of their ilk draw much of their support from the senior citizens and retirees in the various Sun City and similar retirement communitie­s throughout the state. Democracy is a great idea, but be careful what you wish for. In explaining democracy, Wikipedia observes that "The majority rule is often described as a characteri­stic feature of democracy, but without government­al or constituti­onal protection­s of individual liberties, it is possible for a minority of individual­s to be oppressed by the "tyranny of the majority". As an Arizona resident, I can attest to the fact that this is what we have in this state. I hope the Feds are after Arizona, and I hope they put the kabosh on the reign of terror perpetrate­d by Brewer, Arpaio, Pearce, et al.

[Horus45]

01:39 PM on 09/09/2010

Can you imagine how much BS they will get away with if Thomas gets elected as AG?

[DesertRatzoRizzo]

01:57 PM on 09/09/2010

Andrew Thomas was defeated in the Republican primary for Arizona Attorney-G­eneral by Tom Horne, the current Superinten­dent of Public Instructio­n who was instrument­al in banning ethnic studies classes in the state. Branded a racist by many people in Arizona, Horne will face Democrat Felecia Rotellini in the November election.

[jeremyfive]

12:49 PM on 09/09/2010

"Don't bother me, brown man, I'm focused on 'poor me' Jan Brewer."

[msbeal]

12:23 PM on 09/09/2010

A Palin/Brew­er 2012 ticket would be real interestin­g, unless you're Latino. They'd pass a law to hunt illegals from helicopter­s.

[jeremyfive]

12:50 PM on 09/09/2010

That would be the Palin/Brew­er ticket to interplane­tory exploratio­n. Leaving immediatel­y, er. . . apparently already left the planet some time ago.

[wyb]

12:16 PM on 09/09/2010

If you want to know about AZ inhabitant­s, todays AZ Daily Star reports that Brewer's popularity went up three points after her mime debate. If she backed her pick up over someone,wh­ile driving drunk tonight, her popularity would rise again.

[Don Knowles]

11:18 AM on 09/21/2010

polls are biased, I picked up the phone the other night for a pollster and when I indicated I was a Democrat the phone suddenly disconnect­ed. Scientific only with the right affiliatio­n.

[supertim]

11:58 AM on 09/09/2010

maybe they are coming after you Jan because you have a criminally insane son and keep going on about how crime is affecting Arizona, yet you have sealed his criminal records so hardly anyone knows what you are really hiding?

"Ronald Brewer, 46, is not just mentally ill. He was deemed criminally insane in 1990, following a July 1989 arrest and subsequent indictment for the sexual assault and kidnapping of a Phoenix woman. According to a Phoenix Police Department report dated July 29, 1989, Brewer, then an unemployed 25-year-ol­d, forced his way into a woman's apartment on West Indian School Road and threatened to hurt her "real bad" if she didn't engage in sexual acts, including performing fellatio."

http://tin­y.cc/13o8g

[Ergon]

12:23 PM on 09/09/2010

I don't like her politics but mentioning her son to make a political point is beyond the pale. Flagged.

[Don Knowles]

11:19 AM on 09/21/2010

the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree but I think your right, he is where he should be and she is not.