Arizona secretary of state calls Trump's visit 'dangerous'
by Kaelan Deese, Breaking News Reporter |
| July 23, 2021 08:59 PM
Arizona's Democratic secretary of state called former President Donald Trump's planned visit to the state over the weekend a "dangerous" one.
Katie Hobbs said residents are "tired of being led by conspiracy theorists" and alluded to the Arizona Senate-led election audit in Maricopa County, which Trump is certain to talk about at the "Protect Our Elections Rally" in Phoenix on Saturday hosted by Turning Point Action, a political action committee created in 2019 by the right-wing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
"The bottom line is it doesn't matter what he says or does, nothing is going to change the outcome of the 2020 election. But it also doesn't change how dangerous this is," Hobbs told CNN on Friday.
Hobbs has been a staunch critic of the partisan audit, saying in May that some of its auditing procedures are "suited for chasing conspiracy theories" rather than a professional job. Her complaints have been echoed by the Republican-led Maricopa Board of Supervisors, which fought the GOP-dominated state Senate's subpoenas for election materials until a judge determined they were "legal and enforceable."
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