Arizona's Republican Party is... strange... TWOSOME
Arizona's GOP just lost both Senators.
So.... double down!
‘WTF Is Wrong With You?’: AZ GOP Torched For Incendiary Tweet Boosting Trump’s Falsehoods
The Arizona GOP should fight ... to get rid of Chairwoman Kelli Ward
‘WTF Is Wrong With You?’:
AZ GOP Torched For Incendiary Tweet Boosting Trump’s Falsehoods
Trump supporters hold signs near the entrance to a polling place in Chandler, Arizona, on November 3, 2020
OLIVIER TOURON / AFP via Getty Images
In a tweet posted Tuesday morning, the party retweeted a post from a pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” organizer declaring: “I am willing to give my life for this fight.”
“He is. Are you?” the Arizona GOP’s account quote-tweeted.
About an hour later, the party posted a clip from the action movie “Rambo” in a now-deleted tweet. In the clip, Rambo threatens to shoot another character in the face with an arrow.
The tweet also quoted Rambo’s line in the clip: “This is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something.”
Trump has continued waging his fruitless legal battles in battleground states that Biden won amid his refusal to concede.
Last week, Trump attacked Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) for certifying the election results, which spurred the Republican governor to debunk the sitting president’s falsehoods on mass voter fraud.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who served as the talking head of Trump’s efforts to overturn election results, held both a hearing and a meeting mask-free with Republicans in Arizona just days before Trump announced that the former New York City mayor tested positive COVID-19 on Sunday.
Hours after Trump announced Giuliani’s COVID-19 diagnosis, the entire state legislature decided to shut down this week.
Twitter users, including Ducey, swiftly torched the Arizona GOP’s incendiary tweet that appeared to encourage violence to push for Trump’s long-shot chances of a second term:
The Arizona GOP should fight ... to get rid of Chairwoman Kelli Ward
Opinion: The Arizona GOP has gone too far in suggesting a bloody overturn of the presidential election. Republicans must send leader Kelli Ward packing
Just when you think the Arizona Republican Party can’t get any crazier comes a call to arms to defend its election fraud conspiracy fantasies.
No joke, folks.
The GOP, which boasts 1.3 million Arizona registered members, just went full blown fanatic, asking people whether they’re willing to die to overturn the presidential election results and keep Donald Trump at the White House.
In other words, Arizona’s GOP is willing and ready for civil war. Are you? That’s what they’re asking, and it can’t be dismissed as just heated rhetoric from a fringe segment of the population.
These people are the faces and voices of mainstream politics in mainstream America. Their call to arms came late Monday from the official Twitter account of the state Republican Party, where it shared a post from Ali Alexander, an activist with an organization called “Stop the Steal.”
"I am willing to give my life for this fight," wrote Alexander about election protests that have gone nowhere in the legal system.
The GOP shared it with a question. "He is. Are you?”
Yes, Republicans should get ready to fight — but not to overturn a legitimate election. They should immediately get to work to get rid of state GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward.
This has gone way too far.
C'mon, Republicans. You're better than this. For the love of America, send Ward packing along with Trump.
Elvia Díaz is an editorial columnist for The Republic and azcentral.
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Could someone please tell these idiots that Rambo is fucking FICTION ! ! !
You're saying that to people who love watching choreographed wrestling and think it's real...
All many of these loser dumb shits care about is if something is pumped up on testosterone or not.
Under Trump the gop has doubled down on stupid...
Are they going to die for Trump while they are in quartine?
To say that this group of super lemmings is stupid is an understatement.
I've got an idea for the AZ GOP, appeal today's SCOTUS decision, maybe God will hear the appeal and turn back the clock so it isn't December 8th.
AZ GOP Cites ‘Copyright Concerns’ After Deleting Incendiary Rambo Tweet
The Arizona Republican Party on Tuesday said that it took down its incendiary tweet boosting President Trump’s long-shot efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s legitimate victory in the battleground state due to “copyright concerns.”
The now-deleted tweet, which featured a clip from the film “Rambo,” was taken down following backlash for appearing to encourage violence.
In a tweet posted Tuesday morning, the party retweeted a post from a pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” organizer declaring: “I am willing to give my life for this fight.”
“He is. Are you?” the Arizona GOP’s account quote-tweeted.
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Do they really think anyone is stupid enough to believe what they say? Or do they just not give a fuck?
Lest us not forget that at Helsinki, Trump indicated he believed and trusted Putin over US intelligence services.
Something happened there and the GOP, at least the vast majority of it, is comfortable with what ever ( that ) was.
It seems to me, in my own personal opinion, what ever ( that ) was is still playing out.
The willingness to subvert democracy...
Someone is going to end up hurt or worse and these assholes will not even get a slap on the wrist.
I can only hope that those inciting violence are the first ones in the line of fire.
Most likely though they will be hiding out in basements while others take the fall.
Kyle Rittenhouse killed two people. No one on the right gives a shit. On the contrary, they spend a lot of effort finding excuses.
What is disturbing is they keep harping on left wing people burning down a business. They are constantly up in arms about a building. Yet like you said, a nutjob kills two people and puts another in hospital and he is praised and given money.
I think their priorities are completely screwed up.
Trump has shown perfect indifference as nearly three hundred thousand have died. Sensitivity to death appears to be considered a weakness on the right.
So... yeah... seriously screwed up!