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2023-05-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Arizona lawmaker expelled over drug cartel claims loses bid to reclaim seat

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-06 00:38|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 By the pattern, within 12 months her presentation will be proved true.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-06 10:38|| 2023-05-06 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I have long suspected exactly what the insurance agent claims. Why else would our country be flooded with illegal narcotics from Mexico?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-06 11:40|| 2023-05-06 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 In fact, why else would the legislators kick Harris out of the legislature? I think it's like the old Rantburg expression about the flak getting heavier the closer you get to the target.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-06 11:42|| 2023-05-06 11:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Interesting perspective from the Washington Post:

Kari Lake-backed candidate replaces ousted election denier in Ariz. legislature

Officials in Arizona’s largest county on Friday voted on a replacement for Liz Harris, a former state representative who peddled false and outlandish claims of election fraud and was expelled from her seat last month.

In a 4-1 vote, the GOP-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors selected Julie Willoughby, a Republican nurse who campaigned alongside Harris during the 2022 GOP primary but later narrowly lost the general election, coming in third. (The top two vote-getters won seats to represent the district.) Willoughby was endorsed by Kari Lake, the Donald Trump-backed GOP gubernatorial candidate who still falsely claims she won her own contest.

Arizona House Republicans moved immediately to get Willoughby sworn in less than two hours after the vote. The county board, which helps administer elections, had no deadline to name a replacement — but the GOP’s slim majority in the House and ongoing budget negotiations added a measure of urgency.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-05-06 14:23|| 2023-05-06 14:23|| Front Page Top

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