At long last, that hallowed day has arrived. This historic moment when Arizona’s conspiracy crowd can rise, with one voice, and proclaim, “aHA!”
Yes, it seems that Arizona’s elusive election fraud has finally been uncovered.
The Arizona Republican Party was jubilant at the news, delivered in Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s interim report on the findings of the Maricopa County election audit.
“BREAKING NEWS: Arizona Audit w/ @KelliWardAZ. AG @GeneralBrnovich has determined widespread FRAUD in the Maricopa County 2020 election,” the Arizona Republican Party breathlessly reported.
State GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward was practically orgasmic.
“Perp walks & prosecutions on the way! #ElectionIntegrity,” she tweeted.
Ward even made a video about it (with a fundraising plea, no doubt, still to come).
“The report says the Election Integrity Unit review has uncovered instances of election fraud,” Ward reported to the party faithful. “Yes, election fraud by individuals who have been or will be prosecuted for various election crimes... Wow. That’s big. The words fraud and prosecuted are finally being used.”
Widespread election fraud = 9 cases in 3.4 million votes
Wow is right.
Especially if you read the footnote accompanying the 12-page report's lone sentence about election fraud – the one that references a report on all the fraud that Brnovich’s Elections Integrity Unit has uncovered in the 2020 presidential election.
All nine cases.
There are the six felons who somehow allegedly managed to vote while in Pima County jail.
And there are three women who returned their recently deceased mothers’ early ballots. Two of them live in Maricopa County, one in Cochise County.
So. Nine cases of election fraud. Out of 3.4 million votes cast.
Something’s widespread, all right, and rather fragrant, as well. But it isn’t fraud.
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AZ Central)