As we wind up this (again) most perplexing week of politics both local and national, the end graf of this piece in today’s New York Times couldn’t help but make us think of our own Brian Fitzpatrick:
The Republican who is now Maricopa County’s chief election officer, Stephen Richer, published a 38-page broadside last month in which he rebutted fraud claims and excoriated Republican politicians who have remained silent in the face of efforts to undermine the November results.
“More than any moral code, philosophical agenda, interest group, or even team red vs. team blue, many politicians will simply do whatever it takes to stay in office,” he wrote. “Right now, a lot of Republican politicians have their fingers in the wind and think that conforming to Stop the Steal, or at least staying quiet about it, is necessary for re-election in their ruby red districts or a statewide Republican primary. So that’s what they’ll do.”
“It’s disgusting,” he added.
We agree. This is not a stomach anyone would want to eat on.
NYT: “Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election”
