Just to follow up on this story from earlier in the week, Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward is rejecting a call from some Republicans in the state to audit her 42-vote victory in last Saturday’s party elections:
NEW: "Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward rejects call for audit of party elections." (via @yvonnewingett)https://t.co/9KsCagDTiu
— Dan Nowicki (@dannowicki) January 29, 2021
According to Ward, “no procedure, process, rule that allows for it to be done, and you certainly don’t allow a challenger who lost an election to demand something that they don’t have the right to, and we don’t have the responsibility for providing”:
NO AZGOP ELECTION AUDIT: Kelli Ward said there's “no procedure, process, rule that allows for it to be done, and you certainly don’t allow a challenger who lost an election to demand something that they don’t have the right to, and we don't have the responsibility for providing.” https://t.co/qKZFAOEyqj
— YvonneWingettSanchez ? (@yvonnewingett) January 29, 2021
Um. . .
cc: Former President Trump https://t.co/hejVsY9QlN
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) January 29, 2021
How is this a real quote? https://t.co/m4TmjOW6dW
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) January 29, 2021
I thought Olympic gymnastics were canceled this year. https://t.co/LSqpXFu507
— Matt Ford (@fordm) January 29, 2021
Folks https://t.co/1gCWPPZ9nE
— James Pindell (@JamesPindell) January 29, 2021
And she wants “to get back to the business of the party” and that she wants to “continue to fight election integrity at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors level”:
.@AZGOP's Kelli Ward: “I want to get back to the business of the party. I want to continue to fight for election integrity at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors level, where complaints about the election emerged the night of the election." https://t.co/YsEcQ9F3S6
— YvonneWingettSanchez ? (@yvonnewingett) January 29, 2021
She’s still demanding a full forensic audit of the November election results in the county:
1/2 Why would our #MaricopaCounty Board of Sups simply want to do the equivalent of counting counterfeit money & pretending we are rich? ?
We must have a full #ForensicAudit done by actual experts! Let’s support our @AZSenateGOP in their endeavors to deliver real results & …
— Dr. Kelli Ward ?? (@kelliwardaz) January 29, 2021
2/2 … let’s urge @AZHouseGOP to join them! #ElectionIntegrity #SubpoenaPower
Thanks, @votewarren @FannKfann @MarkFinchem @BretRbrts @leo4AZHouse @SonnyBorrelli @DavidGowan @MichelleUgenti @WendyRogersAZ #KellyTownsend @AZGOP
— Dr. Kelli Ward ?? (@kelliwardaz) January 29, 2021
FWIW, it was a GOP-controlled board in the county that certified this November’s vote totals:
GOP-controlled board votes to certify results from Maricopa County, Arizona (And Joe Biden has G. Gordon Liddy's son to thank) https://t.co/roO8zVYxid
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 21, 2020
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Related:
Journos writing about the @Kelliwardaz/@AZGOP story need a lecture on the proper use of 'Dr.' https://t.co/4oYC8CD9Zs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 28, 2021
