In an election that took an entire week to declare a winner, AP has declared (D) Katie Hobbs the winner over Trump-back (R) Kari Lake. However, Maricopa county had several issues, including voting machine issues and a suspiciously lengthy time it took for the votes to be counted.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?: We are still investigating. The printer settings were the same ones we used in the August Primary & the paper was the same thickness. Prior to the General Election, @maricopavote test-printed and test-tabulated hundreds of ballots without issue. pic.twitter.com/5en4R5Aid2
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) November 10, 2022
After two strange elections in a row, first in 2020 and now in 2022, Republicans are rightly outraged with the results in two razor-thin elections; first with 2020 Presidental candidate Donald Trump, and now with Gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs both coming up short in a county that has lost most of their credibility.
In 2020, when Donald Trump was up for reelection, the county we all came to know all too well, Maricopa county, had multiple issues with the integrity of their election certification. Now, in 2022, Kari Lake, a Trump-backed and “America First” candidate has run into the same issues Donald Trump has, only this time, it may be even worse.
In 2020, at least 740,000 ballots violated the chain of custody requirements needed for an election to be certifiable. Biden would go on to win Arizona by only 0.3% of total votes, Joe Biden would go on to win Arizona by just over 10,000 votes, meanwhile, over 740,000 ballots didn’t meet the necessary requirements for the ballots to be certifiable. The Presidential election results in Arizona would go on to be audited, and the audit completed in September 2021 would find
Arizonans know BS when they see it.
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 15, 2022
After the results showed Kari Lake losing by less than 20,000 votes, the story appears to be all to similar to the 2020 Presidental election. While there is no proof that the election was stolen in the case of Donald Trump and Kari Lake, the voting results are absurdly close in both elections, with both candidates losing by less than 1% of the total vote in a state that has been highly ridiculed.
On Twitter, both “DO NOT CONCEDE” and “Recount” began trending today.
Suspiciously, the Top Maricopa County election official, Stephen Richer, donated to a far-left ‘resistance group’ known as PatriotTakes, a self-described group of “dedicated researchers monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.”
Stephen Richer’s decision to donate to PatriotTakes shows that he is biased, and that he can not be treated as impartial. Of course, if the roles were reversed then the left would not be content with these ridiculous elections taking place in Maricopa county. The inefficient counting of the votes, razor-thin margins where Democrats are consistently coming out on top, and their lack of transparency about the issues they’re having all point to valid reasons why a candidate and her supports should apply pressure for a recount of the votes.
Shouldn't Election Officials be impartial? The guys running the Election have made it their mission to defeat America First Republicans. Unbelievable. https://t.co/Lz12h9VRX1
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 15, 2022
Kari Lake is one of the few candidates who’s shown no resistance when discussing election fraud and election integrity issues as a whole. Even before Lake came up short in yet another strange Maricopa county election, Lake has been on FOX News and broken the mold of falling in line with the left, as most FOX News hosts and guests get away from the topic of election issues as quickly as possible. Discussing illegitimate elections is something that is rarely if ever done on mainstream television news, which includes FOX News, due to FCC rules and what they label to be a “hoax.” The FCC’s definition of a hoax “(a) The licensee knows this information is false; (b) It is foreseeable that broadcast of the information will cause substantial public harm.” These rules have been applied in the past for claims about COVID-19 (many of which have been proven correct now, over two years later,) and these rules have been applied to denying the outcome of the 2020 Presidental election.
When Kari Lake appeared on FOX News to talk with Brett Beir, Lake said, “I am really shocked. I am actually appalled that FOX News would take a defamatory story like that, and we are pursuing legal action against this drag queen. I am appalled you would bring that up when you have not talked about our stolen election. You failed to talk about that… I am really disappointed in Fox. I thought you were better than CNN.”
Lake should not concede to the rigged elections in her State!
Even Hillary Clinton (D, Carpetbag) has a good idea from time to time. Reportedly, She advised Resident Brandon, then a candidate, to refuse to concede no matter what
Do Not Concede Kari. Arizona must do a recount.
Rather than a fixed recount, Kari deserves an election redo. The Dems methods of getting and counting votes are very questionable especially when both parties know that Kari easily won the legitimate votes. Cmon Repubs, get tough finally and demand an honest redo of this contest.
It should be done by paper ballots and you’ll
get a better count and a fair account…
Do not do a crooked recount, but have an honest election redo done. Kari was obviously cheated out of her easy win of the legitimate votes.
To recount crooked results just gets you more crooked results. See 2020
Hmm – “several issues” (and that is just in ONE county). What could possibly go wrong when the election supervisor is one of the candidates? (rhetorical question)
I’m proud of my governor Greg Abbott, and I stand behind Florida governor DeSantis as being exceptional, but EVERY state needs a governor like Lake. DO NOT CONCEDE.
And I am supprised that your comment came from an elementary school teacher! Bravo! Almost all teachers are now democrates left wing as they are all that can get hired. Conservatives cannot get hired in AZ, CA and elsewhere.
I am proud of my governor Greg Abbott, and I think Florida governor DeSantis is exceptional, but EVERY state needs a governor like Lake. DO NOT CONCEDE.
Do not concede.
Fox is the same as all the rest. Fake news.
Do not concede Kari, wait until they finish counting all, all of the votes. If you lose is because they stole the voting machine, they stole the vote, and they did the same thing that happened to Mr.Trump. They had two years to fix those bad machines or replace them but they didn’t. What do you think. Don’t get discouraged, they hate president Trump and they hate you too. But i live you great job you did regardless. God Bless You!!! Keep going for ward the best is yet to come!!!!!!!
Duplicity and corruption playing out in plain sight. A recount at least or cancel the election and do it over. This is worse than Venezuela, Brazil or Cuba.
Hang in there Kari. DO NOT CONCEDE!! WE MUST TAKE OUR ELECTIONS BACK TO IN PERSON WITH I.D. ONLY!!
They say Lake lost and all other seats flipped blue as well except Treasurer…odd thing is ;
95.8% treasurer to governor in 2018 , 97.6% in 2022 there was an over vote for treasurer. Are Governor votes missing? Some People will vote Governor but not treasurer but not the other way around..just one more thing that doesnt smell right. How do dems do it?? They have nothing but abortion to run on, a terrible economy, inflation, gas through the roof & we are an embarrment on the world stage & likely headed for ww3….their candidates are not at all impressive…most are a bunch of stooges…they
dont campaign, dont debate, dont have any record to run on yet they win these elections in red states…so sick of the spin about the dems great ground game…come on people!!!
After this election is finally decided, I hope voters only talk about the imperative of having plain paper ballots for the next election. No more Dominion or other types of machines! Is anyone ready to mount a fight for pllain paper ballots?
Anyone who thinks Lake should not concede needs to back her up on this and not just mouth words. Money ,Legal skills ,math skills , Volunteer for security . What ever skill or talent you have put forth to help. Everybody backed down in 2020 when the cheat happened including Trump and that is why we are in this situation.
Kari won that race. I wish I still had the picture of that guy sitting quietly in the back room filling out ballot after ballot! I thought, that’s why this is taking so unreasonably long to get any ballots counted. We know how they are doing it. I would not concede and demand the hand count you are due. But remember they are swapping the nallots out!
Same state, same county. Only thing new is the one of the people running the election is running for office.And bamn if she didn’t go from losing to winning. Looks bad that you can run the election you are running in. Kinda like Biden taking a shower with his daughter. May be legal but just not the thing to do.
Void the election and redo it. Correctly.
Anything less and there will always be questions in the minds of Americans.
This whole Election Process is up for sale to the Highest monetary bidder, to say the least. All votes should be cast just 1 week prior to any elections and be in person only except in extreme cases for a minimal amount of mail-in ballots. At the Election Polls when the votes are being counted both sides should be sitting right alongside the vote counter to verify the ballot is certifiable. And just before the Elections are ready for the voters to vote the Opposing candidates should have at least 2-3 debates to make for their consideration of the Election. Big Tech should not be involved in Contributions trying to outspend an opposing Candidate for Public Office. Keep big money out of our Elections and let the voters decide on who to vote for. Money is the Root of All Evil and this is true no matter where Elections are held. The Republican Party better pull up its Boot Straps and get rid of the RINO’s THAT are Democrats in Republican Coats. I feel that the only way to stop Big Tech from trying to buy our Elections is to TOTALLY BOYCOTT any SERVICES AVAILABLE from THEM> Stand up Proud Americans, especially for your Constitution, your Flag, and your Sovereignty. We had the Best U.S. President ever in The 45th President Donald J. Trump. He had kept our adversaries at Bay during his Presidency and Biden has undone everything good that President Trump has done for our Country. We need this Savy Business Man back in The Oval Office as the 47th President of the United States of America. China had a big part in the 2020 Presidential Election when they released the Spread of Covid-19 upon the World. And President Trump’s reaction quickly saved 100’s of thousands of Lives in America alone. Stop paying Big Tech Money to destroy our Country.
Election fraud again and again. Truly evil democrats! Sickening! That’s the only way and reason democrats win, definitely by cheating. People wake up, we do not have a voice. Its all bullshit!
No matter what happens, there’s a demomRATS car in the parking lot with more demonRAT ballots in the trunk, ready to go.
Kari Lake, please don’t let the slobs steal Arizona AGAIN.
The election for Governor of Arizona should be redone like a runoff. With only the two candidates on the ballot – nothing else to confuse the voters. ONLY ONE DAY OF VOTING..
Democrats don’t compete, Biden in basement and in this case no debates because they know the fix is in. Why is it Republicans always win then votes found and Democrat wins. Never the other way around. How strange?
stupid republicans , the dems use the early and too long voting to send activists and collect democrats vote ,it called harvesting ,if you dumb repubs leader not playing the same game you ll never win.
aol is runs by leftist and they will not allowed dissenting views
you can censor but the people will prevail
The Supreme Court has on its docket a case to declare that the 2020 election must be done over, because correct procedure was not followed. There were more than enough affidavits filed for the 2020 election not to be certified. It is mandated by law that there should have been a 10 investigation into finding out if the allegations of impropriety were correct. Because the law was not followed the Supreme Court can declare that all of the people in Congress that voted to certify have to vacate their seats, and Trump will be reinstated, until a new election can happen. So if that happens, this election will have to be done over too. Because different people will be running as incumbents than those who were running this time, & that will create a bunch of new dynamics for primaries, especially if some of the candidates that were running in this last election are found to have been a part of the rigging of votes in their favor.