Opinion: The Arizona GOP has gone too far in suggesting a bloody overturn of the presidential election. Republicans must send leader Kelli Ward packing.
By Elvia Díaz | Arizona Republic
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.)
Just when you think the Arizona Republican Party can’t get any crazier comes a call to arms to defend its election fraud conspiracy fantasies.
No joke, folks.
The GOP, which boasts 1.3 million Arizona registered members, just went full blown fanatic, asking people whether they’re willing to die to overturn the presidential election results and keep Donald Trump at the White House.
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In other words, Arizona’s GOP is willing and ready for civil war. Are you? That’s what they’re asking, and it can’t be dismissed as just heated rhetoric from a fringe segment of the population.
These people are the faces and voices of mainstream politics in mainstream America. Their call to arms came late Monday from the official Twitter account of the state Republican Party, where it shared a post from Ali Alexander, an activist with an organization called “Stop the Steal.”
“I am willing to give my life for this fight,” wrote Alexander about election protests that have gone nowhere in the legal system.
The GOP shared it with a question. “He is. Are you?”
