The Alamance County Tea Party and Fairness Alamance are sparring over Sheriff Terry Johnson, who’s running for reelection in November.

The Tea Party says Fairness Alamance “appears to be trying to use the current left wing presidential administration to strong-arm Sheriff Johnson who has done nothing but heroically enforced the law, as any true lawman would.”

At issue is the Justice Department investigation into alleged discrimination against Hispanics by the sheriff’s department, which is participating in the federal 287 (g) program.