Even Steven Seagal thought the idea of him running for governor of Arizona was "kind of a joke." At first. But now, the actor wants the world to know that he's inching towards taking the idea seriously, prompted by encouragement from his pal, the infamous Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Seagal, you see, is part of Arpaio's celebrity "posse" of tough guys who support the sheriff's tough (and probably unconstitutional!) ideas for targeting undocumented immigrants in the state. Since Arpaio is pretty busy running Maricopa County, Seagal could be just the thing the sheriff needs to take his policies state-wide.
Maybe. Seagal's comment that he would "remotely consider" a run for governor come as the aging ponytail makes the rounds to promote his new reality show: Steven Seagal - Lawman: Maricopa County (The Lost Episodes). This combination of political teasing and reality show promotion (we'll call it "Trumping") could very well amount to nothing. But the reality series itself already documents the sort of encouragement Arpaio's thrown Seagal's way. With cameras following along, the actor "trained" the sheriff's deputies in martial arts and marksmanship, and tagged along to a number of the sheriff's media-friendly raids. Now the pair are friends, and Seagal has moved his base of operations to Arizona in order to help fight against "open borders." When discussing Arizona law enforcement, Seagal now speaks in the first person plural. Here's what he told ABC15 last week:
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