Jan Brewer News

Why Jan Brewer's disrespect will motivate black voters for Obama

By Sam Fulwood III

5:40 PM on 02/02/2012

OPINION - With a waggle of her right index finger last Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer erased the question of whether black voters will be enthusiastic about going to the polls in support of President Obama...
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Jan Brewer under fire for history of fibbing

By theGrio

9:19 AM on 01/30/2012

Ever since her infamous tarmac confrontation with President Obama, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has been under increased scrutiny...
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Obama on beef with Brewer: 'Blown out of proportion'

By theGrio

9:13 AM on 01/27/2012

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac...
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Gingrich, Romney and the politics of anti-Obamaism

By Perry Bacon Jr.

8:47 AM on 01/27/2012

OPINION - Since Obama's election, many Republicans have not just taken on his policies, but criticized the president in a way that many Democrats feel borders on showing disrespect to him...
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John McCain on Jan Brewer's testy exchange with the president: Obama has a 'prickly personality'

By theGrio

5:26 PM on 01/26/2012

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sounded off Thursday on the testy exchange between President Barack Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer...
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Jan Brewer 'felt a little threatened' by President Obama ... really?

By Joy-Ann Reid

10:19 AM on 01/26/2012

OPINION - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's now famous photo-op with Barack Obama, in which she is seen pointing her finger at the president, has gone viral. And now, so has Brewer's explanation...
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Obama, Arizona governor Jan Brewer have tarmac dispute

By Perry Bacon Jr.

11:24 PM on 01/25/2012

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had a tense exchange on an airport tarmac on Wednesday afternoon after Air Force Once landed near Phoenix...
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Arizona gov.: Birther issue 'path of destruction'

By theGrio

8:04 AM on 04/26/2011

PHOENIX (AP) - She also said she believes there's no question that it was directed at Obama though it's clear he was born in Hawaii...
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'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand

By theGrio

3:44 PM on 04/22/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the conspiracy theory that won't go away. And it's forcing Republican officials and presidential contenders to pick sides...
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Trump forces GOP to come clean on birtherism

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:23 AM on 04/21/2011

OPINION - Unfortunately, the GOP's long standing see no evil, hear no evil stance on the birther movement has already taken its toll...
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Ariz. governor's vetoes of GOP bills lift eyebrows

By theGrio

9:05 AM on 04/20/2011

PHOENIX (AP) - Brewer's vetoes of a half-dozen bills sponsored by fellow Republicans are raising eyebrows, with some conservatives questioning whether she is still one of them...
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Arizona gov. vetoes presidential 'birther' bill

By theGrio

6:53 AM on 04/19/2011

PHOENIX (AP) - Opponents had warned the bill would give another black eye to Arizona after last year's controversy over the state's illegal immigration enforcement law...
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State plows controversial ground with birther bill

By theGrio

10:13 AM on 04/18/2011

PHOENIX (AP) - If Gov. Jan Brewer signs the proposal into law, Arizona would be the first state to pass such a requirement...
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Lawsuit filed over Arizona's ethnic studies law

By theGrio

9:19 AM on 10/19/2010

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Tucson Unified School District program offers specialized courses in African-American, Mexican-American and Native-American studies...
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Sarah Palin: Obama doesn't have 'the cojones' to fix illegal immigration

By theGrio

12:18 PM on 08/02/2010

"Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have," Palin said. "If our own president will not enforce a federal law, more power to Jan Brewer."...
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Arizona gov considers changing immigration law

By theGrio

6:32 PM on 07/31/2010

PHOENIX (AP) - Democrats scoffed at Brewer's desire to change the law, with a key House minority leader calling it laughable...
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Gov. Brewer: Obama and I agree to work together

By theGrio

3:04 PM on 06/03/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Brewer also says Obama assured her that most of the 1,200 National Guard troops he is sending to the southern border will be coming to her state...
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Anger over Obama's meeting with Ariz. governor

By theGrio

9:57 AM on 06/03/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jan Brewer is to meet Obama at the White House, and opponents said they will hold a demonstration there to denounce the Republican governor...
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LA county boycotts Ariz. over immigration law

By theGrio

10:02 AM on 06/02/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - After a heated debate, the county's board of supervisors voted 3-2 to ban new contracts with Arizona-based companies and review those that could be canceled...
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Obama to meet with Ariz. governor on immigration

By theGrio

8:08 AM on 06/02/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama has criticized a tough new Arizona law, signed by Jan Brewer in April, that cracks down on illegal immigration...
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