By Jose R. Gonzalez, Jeremy Yurowv and Sasha Hupka || Arizona Republic
About 200 people gathered near the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix on Saturday to protest the voting tabulation process while holding signs that decried voter fraud.
Other signs called Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for Arizona governor, “corrupt,” and another sign said, “FBI honor your oath, arrest all traitors.”
In a tweet on Friday, state Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, called for patriots to “rise up to rally” and “pray for the Light to shine in the darkness and for His truth to be revealed.”
Demonstrators circled the barricaded Election Center building seven times, to reenact the Battle of Jericho. As described in the biblical Book of Joshua, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city walls once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh day.
“We’re very concerned, our country being turned upside down. The fact of the matter is, is that there’s a lot of reason for us to be concerned,” said state Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, who was in attendance.
About an hour after the rally kicked off, Rogers issued another tweet, urging people to stay away from the Maricopa County offices so they could finish counting the votes.
“The last thing anyone wants is a reason to stop the counting,” Rogers said.
