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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArizona audit divides wobbling state GOP
State Senate Republicans' audit of the 2020 vote in Maricopa County has others worried the party is marginalizing itself ahead of the midterms.
By JAMES ARKIN
05/15/2021 07:00 AM EDT
Arizona Republicans have an opportunity in 2022 to claw back ground theyve lost as the state shifted towards Democrats. But first, the fight over 2020 has to end.
Republicans in the state are still divided over the results of the last election, months after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. An ongoing and extraordinary audit of the 2020 vote count in the states largest county rooted in conspiracy theories and the false belief that Bidens election was not legitimate is deepening the schism six months after the election, with no clear end in sight.
The GOP-controlled state Senate subpoenaed ballots from Maricopa County, where more than half of Arizonas voters live, and hired a previously unknown private firm to conduct the audit. Republican supporters say the effort is necessary to ease concerns of voters about the 2020 vote count.
But other Republicans are speaking out to warn that the amateurish conduct of the audit and the conspiracy theories it has amplified could cause lasting damage to the party. Next year they must defend an open governors seat and try to flip back one of the two Senate seats Democrats took in the last two elections.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/15/arizona-audit-divides-wobbling-state-gop-488438
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Arizona audit divides wobbling state GOP (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2021
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I'm imagining a cover of Mad Magazine with a cariacturized former guy and the print
abqtommy
May 2021
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madaboutharry
(40,216 posts)1. Let us hope the chaos in the Republican Party deepens.
That is the best scenario for protecting democracy against an anti-democracy party.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. I'm imagining a cover of Mad Magazine with a cariacturized former guy and the print
"What, Me Worry?". Please continue, all you reTHUG Fascist Insurrectionist Cultists.
There's no need for you to stop digging your own grave at this time.
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)3. We need FEC and DOJ to make a declaration...
that the Maricopa County ballots have been mishandled and any decision going forward based on auditing them after this date is invalid.