Thread by @SusanKBradford

FINALLY somebody else admits it. AND this right wing 🥜 is campaigning w Kari Lake…so….

The Trump-backed candidate for AZ SOS couldn't explain why his primary win was legitimate but the 2020 election was not. Watch him squirm.

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Thx are in order for AZ’s right-wing conspiracy-theorist-turned-SOS-candidate Mark Finchem.

Finchem —a member of the extremist Oath Keepers militia who was seen outside the US Capitol on Jan 6 — has backed TFG’s baseless allegations that fraudulent AZ🗳cost TFG the 2020 election

That shameful hackery earned Finchem — a member of AZ’s House of Representatives — Trump’s endorsement in his campaign to become the state’s top elections official.
To give you an idea of how far he’ll go to bolster Trump’s lies,

Finchem — along with GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake — launched an unsuccessful lawsuit to ban voting machines in AZ, premised on disproved claims about potential fraud.

But in a debate with his Democratic opponent Thursday, Finchem was caught essentially admitting that the “big lie” about 2020 election fraud was just a right-wing ruse.

When a debate moderator challenged Finchem to explain the material differences between his primary election in August and the 2020 presidential election, which he decried as fraudulent, Finchem first claimed to have “no idea” before owning up to the true answer.

“The candidates,” he said.

(Is the sun baking the 🧠 of #rethuglicans in AZ or what? They seem to have their fairly large share of insane conspiracy theorists & racist arsewipes)!

At around a minute long, that clip is the perfect length for a television commercial, & AZ Dems would be wise to make it 1. Finchem’s remarks are the perfect encapsulation of the GOP’s hypocrisy on election issues.

Hear that @harrisonjaime ? @DNC ? @TheDemocrats ?@azdemparty ?

That hypocrisy hasn’t been a secret.

(Y’all notice neither @LindseyGrahamSC nor @LeaderMcConnell complained abt THEIR elections eh? — i mean IF there WAS fraud, surely it was those two seats)!

#VoteThemAllOut

#TheBigLie is #TheBigCheat #RoevemberIsComing #RoeRoeRoeYourVote

Dozens of Trump-loving Republicans who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election have gone on to win primary races this yr & accept their victories as legitimate despite there being virtually no difference in the way their states administer elections.

But few, if any, have been as open — intentionally or not — as Finchem was in showing that their election objections were absolute nonsense.

For that — and I can’t believe I’m saying this — thank you, Mark Finchem.