(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Victorious GOP AZ Legislator says election stolen, won't vote until there's a redo. Please proceed! [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']
Date: 2022-11-21
So, you won't vote on any crazy-ass Republican bills until Arizona holds a new election. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Arizonans elected Democrats in four of the top six statewide races this year. Mark Kelly’s win helped Dems hold onto the US Senate; Katie Hobbs’ victory keeps Kari Lake from turning the Governor’s Office into an autocratic hatefest; and Mark Finchem, the election-denying Oath Keeper trounced by Adrian Fontes, won’t be allowed anywhere near the Secretary of State’s Office, where he could do serious damage to the electoral process. We still await the results of the AG’s race, which will probably go to a recount, but Democrat Kris Mayes holds a slight lead with most remaining votes in blue districts.
The two seats Democrats did not win are Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction. More about the Treasurer below.
That’s all good, except Arizona’s Congressional delegation went from 5-4 Dem to 6-3 GOP, and most of those Republicans are election-denying, dangerous screwballs like Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs. The Legislature also remained in Republican control, which is why it’s so important to have Katie Hobbs in the executive suite, where she can veto the nutter bills sure to reach her desk.
One victorious Republican Legislator was Liz Harris, another election denier who won her House seat in District 13, which is the Phoenix suburbs of Chandler and Gilbert—among the fastest growing cities in the nation. She’s claimed since 2020 that the election was stolen from trump, essentially accusing Maricopa County officials of election shenanigans without evidence. (Harris is a fountain of controversies, but I’ll stick with election denial here.)
So now, with Arizona Democrats performing so well statewide in 2022, Rep. Harris just knows there was election fraud. And what’s her proof?
“There are clear signs of foul play from machine malfunctions, chain of custody issues and just blatant mathematical impossibilities. How can a Republican State Treasurer receive more votes than a Republican Gubernatorial or Senate candidate?”
Yes, there were printer malfunctions but they were few, nobody was prevented from voting because of them, and the problem affected all voters, not only Republicans. She’s like the football player who says his team would’ve won if it hadn’t been snowing. Hey! Both teams played in the snow! Her second statement is a doozie: How could the Republican Treasurer receive more votes than the candidates for Governor or Senator?
Here’s how:
First, the Republican candidate for Treasurer, Kimberly Yee, has a political history here. She is a former State Representative and Senator who held the job of Treasurer the previous three years, and by all accounts she was fair and professional. Neither Kari Lake nor Blake Masters have held elected office, and hardly anyone knew Masters, the Peter Thiel puppet whose creepy commercials probably didn’t persuade many Independents (or even Republicans).
More importantly, Lake and Masters sought and celebrated trump’s endorsement and they repeated his stolen election nonsense in their ads and stump speeches. Kimberly Yee did not ask for trump’s endorsement, did not receive it as far as I know, and she did not base her campaign on election fraud, which was the central message from Lake, Masters, and Finchem (trump even told Masters that’s all he should talk about).
Maybe there’s a message there for Republicans. Whether they’ll get it is anyone’s guess. I’m voting no.
But here’s the best part. Rep. Harris, convinced that even her victory was fraudulent, has pledged to do nothing until Arizona “hold[s] a new election immediately.”
Liz Harris, who won her election in Legislative District 13, issued a statement on Instagram and her campaign website pledging that she would not vote on any bill because she believes Republicans had been robbed in statewide races...
Go for it, Liz! Because in the Arizona Legislature most of the bills she will be asked to consider will be introduced by her far-right colleagues: more abortion restrictions, voter suppression schemes, assaults on LGBTQ and minority populations, textbook bans, environmental deregulation, and probably something about Hunter Biden.
Rep. Harris, please encourage other Republicans to follow your genius plan of inaction until the state holds a new election. That may happen soon, don’t cave! Withhold your votes, hold your breath, pout and stomp, throw a hissy fit, do whatever—but by all means hold future Republican bills hostage.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/21/2137638/-Victorious-GOP-AZ-Legislator-says-election-stolen-won-t-vote-until-there-s-a-redo-Please-proceed
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
