Mediaite reports:
Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers (R) shut down new claims from Donald Trump that they both agreed the 2020 election was stolen. Schiff asked Bowers “Did you have such a conversation with the president?” Bowers said, “I did have a conversation with the president. That certainly isn’t it.
“Anywhere, anyone, anytime has said I said the election was rigged, that would not be true,” he added. “And when the former president in his statement today claimed that you told him that he won Arizona, is that also false?” Schiff followed up. “That is also false,” Bowers replied.
From Trump’s post today on Truth Social:
Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers is the latest RINO to play along with the Unselect Committee. In November 2020, Bowers thanked me for getting him elected. He said he would have lost, and in fact expected to lose, if I hadn’t come along.
During the conversation, he told me that the election was rigged and that I won Arizona. He said he got more votes than I did which could never have happened.
In fact, he said without me, he would have been out of office, and he expected to be prior to my coming along, and big Arizona rallies.
The night before the election he walked outside with his wife and saw the tremendous Trump enthusiasm and told her, “You know what? Maybe I will win after all”—and he did. Bowers should hope there’s not a tape of the conversation.
Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers testifies that Trump is publicly lying about conversations the two had about the 2020 election pic.twitter.com/Ky5dNQ9KZZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 21, 2022
After Rusty Bowers described being threatened at his home for defying Donald Trump, he mentioned his “gravely ill” daughter “who was upset by what was happening outside.”
Kacey Ray Bowers died on January 28, 2021. From Rusty Bowers’ Facebook page: https://t.co/TxB25oAg1e pic.twitter.com/fsZtqdMR9j
— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) June 21, 2022
“I just thought, this is a tragic parody.”
— Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) testifies that Trump allies leading the “fake electors” scheme reminded him of the novel “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.” pic.twitter.com/Zc8a5wJrJz
— The Recount (@therecount) June 21, 2022
Bowers becomes emotional as he recounts the threats and harassment he and his family received from Trump supporters for refusing to work with the Trump campaign to overturn Trump’s loss in Arizona, including accusations that he’s a pedophile pic.twitter.com/Jj67YrEHTC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 21, 2022