By Ronald J. Hansen || Arizona Republic
Former President Donald Trump pressed Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to maintain the 2020 election was “rigged and stolen” after Masters had conceded in a public debate he had seen no evidence of widespread fraud, a new documentary shows.
“I got a lot of complaints about that. I don’t know what you did with the debate, but I heard you did great in the debate, but bad election answer,” Trump told Masters in a phone call that was videotaped for “Tucker Carlson Originals,” a short documentary by the Fox News conservative commentator that posted Tuesday on the Fox Nation streaming site.
At one point on the tape, Trump said he would see Masters the next day, suggesting the call happened Oct. 8, two days after the debate with incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Libertarian Marc Victor, and just ahead of a rally in Mesa.
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“You’ve got a lot of support. You’ve got to stay with those people,” Trump told Masters.
“Absolutely, we stay with those people,” Masters responded. “And it was a pleasure to put Mark Kelly on the ropes.”
