Arizona Republican elected officials have reacted to the siege at the U.S. Capitol by blaming, and this is not a comprehensive list, Democrats, Doug Ducey, other Republicans, Antifa, and Congress.
Here's a look back at the last 24 hours in tweets...
Here's a look back at the last 24 hours in tweets...
In this tweet, @RepGosar repeats baseless allegations that the presidential election was stolen and hints that leftists maybe had a role in the mob? 
.@RepGosar reaction to the mob varied, depending on what platform you follow him on. @nickmartin points out the discrepancy between Gosar on Twitter and Gosar on conservative-friendly Parler.
https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1347093993612480515
.@DebbieLesko condemned the violence at the Capitol...
https://twitter.com/DebbieLesko/status/1346918319383867395?s=20
Then objected to the certified presidential election results from her home state, Arizona, claiming an extended voter registration deadline (that courts allowed) was wrong.
https://twitter.com/DebbieLesko/status/1347080026915827714?s=20
.@RepAndyBiggsAZ has spread plenty of misinformation about the election, rhetoric that helped inflame the mob yesterday.
He boasted he'd "lead the charge" and "FIGHT" for Trump supporters.
He boasted he'd "lead the charge" and "FIGHT" for Trump supporters.
https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1346829557752606720?s=20
After the siege, though, @RepAndyBiggsAZ condemned it, saying violence "should never be tolerated."
https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1346977248528707585?s=20
.@kelliwardaz has repeatedly, unsuccessfully, attempted to overturn the election results in court.
When that didn't work, the @AZGOP asked people if they were willing to give their lives for Trump.
When that didn't work, the @AZGOP asked people if they were willing to give their lives for Trump.
https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1336248726122242049
Wednesday morning, she urged he followers to fight.
https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1346865531559636993?s=20
When a mob overran Congress, she echoed calls for state legislatures to conduct a do-over and send pro-Trump electors to Washington. (This would be ILLEGAL under Arizona law.)
https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1346916956801179649?s=20
She warned her followers Wednesday morning that Democrats, who were supporting the normal procedure of counting electoral college votes certified by states, were putting county on a path "to the camps."
https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1346890155878019077?s=20
She retweeted claims that Antifa was responsible for the siege, despite known Trump supporters documenting their presence inside the Capitol.
.@kelliwardaz also blamed Democrats for refusing to turn over a host of voting materials in Maricopa County. Worth noting that a court has yet to decide if that demand, in form of a legislative audit, is even lawful.
https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1346917946170306563?s=20
The list goes on. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said the siege wasn't about Trump, but (4 years later) still about "the Hillary Clintons."
https://twitter.com/andrewboxford/status/1347218772797448193?s=20
State senator-elect @WendyRogersAZ echoed boasts that Wednesday was the new "1776." When violence descended on the Capitol, she blamed 1) Antifa, 2) Democrats...
https://twitter.com/WendyRogersAZ/status/1347182658095349761?s=20
...and 3) Congress, who she directly blamed for the death of a Trump supporter who was at the U.S. Capitol.
https://twitter.com/WendyRogersAZ/status/1347011029268656130?s=20
Arizona state representative @MarkFinchem was in DC at the protest. He blamed the violence on Congress refusal to acknowledge "rampant" (baseless claim) "fraud."
https://twitter.com/MarkFinchem/status/1346913503265882119?s=20
Former GOP lawmaker @AdamKwasman called for Finchem to be expelled from the Arizona Legislature for his actions Wednesday.
https://twitter.com/AdamKwasman/status/1347058825002590209?s=20
In response, @MarkFinchem claimed he never actually entered the U.S. Capitol, and also pinned blame for the siege on... Antifa.
https://twitter.com/MarkFinchem/status/1347196233228709888?s=20
AZ Congressman @RubenGallego called for the Capitol Police to investigate Finchem's actions on Wednesday.
https://twitter.com/RubenGallego/status/1347069711159349249?s=20
State rep. @KellyTownsend11 blamed @dougducey for not calling the GOP-controlled Legislature back to the state capitol so they could examine election results that have already been certified by Republicans and Democrats.
https://twitter.com/KellyTownsend11/status/1346941381512556544
On Facebook, state rep. Vince Leach (if you're one of the few people he hasn't blocked on Twitter, you're in rare company) says there's a better way to affect change than a siege: At the ballot box.
https://twitter.com/jeremyduda/status/1347234066349711360
State rep. @anthonykernAZ, like @MarkFinchem, was also in DC yesterday.
He posted a photo from Trump's pre-siege rally comparing the day to D-Day, the seaborne invasion of Normandy during WWII.
He posted a photo from Trump's pre-siege rally comparing the day to D-Day, the seaborne invasion of Normandy during WWII.
https://twitter.com/anthonykernAZ/status/1346846099915632640
Kern would later call out @SenSchumer for comparing the siege on the U.S. Capitol to Pearl Harbor.
https://twitter.com/anthonykernAZ/status/1346990492089806849
As @BorderReporter notes, Rep. Debbie Lesko's role in spreading misinformation about the election have a lot to do with why people are, as she put it, "at a breaking point."
https://twitter.com/BorderReporter/status/1347254961160167425
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