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The Associated Press reports:
Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature has for years entertained a host of unsupported theories about fraudsters manipulating election results since Donald Trump’s loss in 2020.
But lawmakers reached a limit for what they will tolerate last week, when a daylong hearing about elections ended with a presentation accusing a wide range of politicians, judges and public officials of taking bribes from a Mexican drug cartel.
House Speaker Ben Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen, both Republicans, pinned blame for the presentation on Rep. Liz Harris, a newly elected Republican who led a door-to-door canvassing effort searching for proof of fraud following the 2020 election.
Read the full article. Watch the clip. Two days ago the claims went wildly viral on Twitter thanks to the usual QAnon freak shows.
JUST IN With Republican leadership calling her out & threats of defamation lawsuit, Republican State Rep. Liz Harris walks it all back in this 6pm Telegram post:
The speaker Harris invited couldn’t back up her wild claims. pic.twitter.com/Jgae1SFcTK— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) March 1, 2023
OUTTAKE Rep. Liz Harris’ ‘cut’ sign to her witness was a moment. Comes after Sen. Ken Bennett asked who invited her. pic.twitter.com/gubURsEIFE
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) February 28, 2023
JUST IN Republican House Speaker Ben Toma on elections hearing speaker who smeared elected officials inc @GovernorHobbs: pic.twitter.com/A2zp3HzaT6
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) February 27, 2023
JUST IN Republican Senate President on unvetted bribery claims at elections hearing: “A surprise to the whole committee.” pic.twitter.com/b6sobYws6A
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) February 27, 2023
Arizona Republic’s @raystern suggests his email to State Sen. Wendy Rogers was the reason she backed away from speaker’s bribery smears. https://t.co/AFkcfr7l9g
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) February 27, 2023