Tag Archives: Wendy Rogers

AZ Rep Loses Restraining Order Bid Against Reporter

Arizona Central reports: A Flagstaff judge has dismissed the restraining order filed by Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers against a reporter who visited her two Phoenix-area homes while gathering facts for an article. Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Howard Grodman dismissed the injunction against harassment after a three-hour hearing Wednesday where both Rogers and reporter Camryn Sanchez testified. Grodman said …

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AZ Republicans Deny Report Refuting Election Lies

Phoenix’s ABC affiliate reports: Any chance that the release of a concealed attorney general report which discredited nearly every claim that Arizona’s 2020 election was stolen would change minds quickly evaporated Thursday when Republicans continued to press their belief that elections in Arizona are not safe and secure. The meeting featured a who’s who of election deniers, such as Ivan …

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Charlie Kirk Hosts Discussion On Recalling Katie Hobbs

Media Matters has the transcript: WENDY ROGERS (ARIZONA STATE SENATOR): What about the possibility of a recall? CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): I don’t know. ROGERS: I’ve been asked. I’ve been asked that. KIRK: How do you recall a governor here in Arizona, Tyler? TYLER BOWYER (TPUSA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): I mean, it’s just — KIRK: Do you get signatures? BOWYER: You …

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QAnon Oath Keeper Wins AZ State Senate Primary

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: After a tight race, State Sen. Kelly Townsend has conceded to her opponent, Sen. Wendy Rogers [photo]. But Townsend said it came with a steep price tag. “It took $1,732,200.27 to beat me,” Townsend said in a post on Twitter. The two had been running in the Republican primary for District 7 State Senator. According to …

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QAnon House Candidate Files Complaint Against QAnon Arizona Senator For Allegedly Putting A Hit Out On Him

The Arizona Mirror reports: Ron Watkins, the man purported to be an architect of the QAnon conspiracy theory, filed an ethics complaint against Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers for a post she made about him on social media. Watkins’ complaint stems from a February post by Rogers on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app favored by conservatives, in which she asked …

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AZ Senate To Investigate Extremist QAnon Sen. Wendy Rogers Over Claim “Feds” Behind Buffalo Mass Shooting

The Arizona Republic reports: The Arizona Senate will investigate a social media post from state Sen. Wendy Rogers that suggested the shooter in a mass killing in Buffalo, New York, last weekend was a federal agent and part of a federal conspiracy. The Senate voted 24-3, with three members not voting, to move forward with an investigation by the Senate …

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QAnon AZ Rep Calls Buffalo Shooting Plot By Feds

Rolling Stone reports: Nick Fuentes — the young white supremacist who also bemoans “white genocide,” leads the Groyper movement online, and organizes the annual America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) — took to his Telegram channel as news of the killings broke to immediately (and without evidence) insist it was a “false flag” attack. Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers — …

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White Nationalist Rep Endorses Loony Laura Loomer

Right Wing Watch reports: Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers on Monday endorsed Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who recently said that she believes her white nationalist views will benefit her in her bid for Congress in Florida’s 11th District. Rogers, a 67-year-old grandmother, has made a name for herself by peddling the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen …

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Arizona Senate Votes 24-3 To Censure QAnon Senator After Calls For Violence In Speech To Neo-Nazis [Video]

The Arizona Republic reports: State Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, faceda censure vote Tuesday in the Senate by Democrats and her Republican peers for statements at a conference for white nationalists that supported violence. Rogers’ speech to the white nationalist group, calling for public hangings, and her comments on social media over the weekend attacking the president of Ukraine amid the …

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QAnon Rep Rages Over Possible AZ GOP Censure For Speech To Nazis: “I Will Not Apologize For Being White”

The Arizona Mirror reports: Discussions are underway at the Arizona Senate about possibly censuring Sen. Wendy Rogers over her recent inflammatory comments and her speech to a white nationalist conference over the weekend, according to the chamber’s second-ranking Republican. “We’re talking about that. We’re discussing that. I think it’s better to consolidate on what we’re going to do before we …

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QAnon Rep Calls Zelensky “Globalist Puppet For Soros”

Mediaite reports: Arizona Republican lawmaker Wendy Rogers unleashed a flood of insane talking points about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, not the least of which was her deranged claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a “globalist puppet for [George] Soros and the Clintons.” Rogers, an Arizona state senator and admirer of Confederate generals, is an extremely vocal figure on social …

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AZ Gov: A White Nationalist Is Better Than A Democrat

The Arizona Mirror reports: Gov. Doug Ducey said he has no regrets about spending $500,000 to elect a Republican state senator with open ties to the white nationalist movement because it’s still better than having a Democrat in her seat. “I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. And she’s still better than her opponent, Felicia French,” he said …

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New Ad From QAnon Cultist Lays Out Plan To Move “Overton Window” To Achieve Goals Of The Far-Right

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers released a new campaign ad Tuesday in which she declared that her embrace of right-wing conspiracy theories such as the “Big Lie,” which baselessly claims that rampant voter fraud stole the 2020 presidential election from former President Donald, is part of an ongoing effort to change the narrative …

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Extremist QAnon Rep Calls For Blockade Of Super Bowl

Rolling Stone reports: Analysts watching right-wing chatter on apps like Telegram have recently seen an outpouring of organizing around direct actions similar to Canada’s trucker protests, which spread from the Ottawa occupation to large disruptive actions across the country, including at a border crossing to the U.S. in Alberta. I In particular, some right wingers seem to be plotting to …

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QAnon AZ State Rep: “Be More Like Joe McCarthy”

Mediaite reports: Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers tweeted a photo of late U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy on Saturday, with text encouraging people to follow in his footsteps of getting, “rid of the communists.” Rogers has remained consistent in her messaging against communism, as earlier this year she suggested that Labor Day is a “communist holiday.” Rogers joined Senator Ted Cruz …

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QAnon Rep: Vote Youngkin, “Make General Lee Proud”

“Good morning. Today is election day in Virginia. Check in if you already voted Republican. Also, if you have family and friends who haven’t voted, please send them a reminder via text or call. Let’s go Old Virginia! Make General Lee proud.” – Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, taking a break from her national tour of QAnon conferences and far-right …

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Flynn Keynotes Mostly Empty Utah QAnon Conference

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: A conspiracy and religion-fueled political conference in downtown Salt Lake City drew about 1,000 attendees on Friday to the Salt Palace Convention Center. People there heard from some of the leading far-right political figures, including retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. The WeCANact event, was billed as a place …

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138 State Reps Sign Demand For 50-State 2020 Audit

Talking Points Memo reports: Dozens of state lawmakers from around the country have signed onto a letter falsely referring to the 2020 elections as “corrupted” and insisting on “forensic audits” in all 50 states. “This is our historic obligation to restore the election integrity of the vote as the bedrock of our constitutional republic,” the letter, which has been signed …

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QAnon Rep: “Superman Loves Louis Lane. Period”

Mediaite reports: Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers was roundly derided Monday for a tweet about Superman coming out as bisexual. “Superman loves Louis Lane. Period,” she tweeted. “Hollywood is trying to make Superman gay and he is not. Just rename the new version Thooperman so we can all know the difference and avoid seeing it.” Okay, so a couple things …

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QAnon AZ Senator Agrees That COVID Doesn’t Exist

Media Matters reports: Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers appeared yesterday on a right-wing conspiracy theory program, where she praised the host for telling the “truth” after he falsely claimed that the coronavirus doesn’t exist and that COVID-19 vaccines have killed over 55,000 people. Rogers has become one of the most visible Republicans promoting the sham 2020 election “audit” in Arizona. …

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