Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich on Thursday threatened to withhold state funds from Maricopa County after it rejected new subpoenas from the Senate for election materials in the shoddy “audit” of its election results.
I would imagine that Maricopa county provides the state of Arizona with a large percentage of the state’s tax revenues. Why do Republican’s hate the urban areas that fund their salaries?
”Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) suggested imprisoning the Republican-majority board of supervisors in Maricopa County. ‘I would have arrested all of these people already if I had the power to do so. I vote to arrest. Arrest and put them in solitary’.”
Karma (furiously scribbling notes): ”Uh huh… uh huh…”
#CarefulWhatYouWishForDumbass
So when do we get to see the results of the fraudit?
“If [Maricopa County] fails to resolve the violation within 30 days, the [attorney general’s office], in accordance with state law, will notify the Arizona Treasurer to withhold state revenue from Maricopa County until MCBOS complies,” a press release from Brnovich’s office said.
AZ AG has delusions of omnipotence. Remember that name, Brnovich, you’ll see it again when he crashes and burns.
I feel the whole World has turned into 15-year-olds…
It’s made of ivermectin, so the horse ate it.
He who smelt it, dealt it.
Be careful what you wish for.
I wish I had a lot of money to put up some billboards in Phoenix with the Soviet hammer and sickle nestled within “GOP” to drive the point about how goddamned commie these sonsofbitches are.
A nation with too many middle schoolers
When all those who now have COVID recover, or die.
After the money’s gone.
If the audit is complete, then why the new subpoenas for more information?
For eons, the State of AZ has underfunded education and it is showing…
So if Maricopa County gives the Senate their routers then what routers will they use while the Senate spends 6 months trying to figure out how to get the info off of the routers that they insist is on the routers. And since the Maricopa County routers are used not just for elections but all county and county sheriff’s business then who will be named responsible to keep residents’ private information private?
And then their the AZ SC, they’re first ruling about handling over info was back in March (?), are we sure that they would trust this group again? And then that leads me to ask if a county within a state is fighting with the state’s legislature, and the state’s SC has been shown to have fucked up a previous ruling then where can the county turn to for redress?
(ya’ll can tell I know barely nothing about state and county governments, and add in less about the law)
Well, they also hate blue donor states like CA, NY and MA that provide funds for red welfare states like AZ, KY and FL. It’s GOP culture.
This seems to be the new GOP tactic for bulling local governments. Give us total control over everything and do as we say or we withhold you salaries.
Why I think this is a bad bluff is that if you lose Maricopa County badly, which has 61% of AZ’s total population, you lose AZ. Unless Republicans are using this audit as a way of nullifying Maricopa’s votes, these actions just help turn all Arizona from purple to blue.
Into the blue again…
That question sort of answers itself, doesn’t it.
Why do the incompetent hate the competent?