Arizona Republic
Nobody has done more to undermine trust in voting than former President Donald Trump. Yet he’s urging Arizonans to cast a ballot – and to vote early.
“Make sure you return your Early Ballot,’’ he said in an email message to Arizonans as early voting for the Aug. 2 primary started this week.
The irony and hypocrisy from the man who inspired the “Stop the Steal” movement shouldn’t be lost on anyone, especially those who doubt that voting is safe and secure.
Trump and his supporters in and outside government have done everything imaginable to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election – and to undermine the election system itself ever since.
They selected fake Republican electors, demanded secretaries of state in battleground states find enough votes for him, mounted an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and wasted taxpayer money in a bogus “audit” of Maricopa County ballots.
Some even tried to outlaw early voting.
Yet no effort to overturn the outcome worked because nobody stole votes from Trump. Elections workers did their jobs admirably, as they always do. Ballots were verified and counted correctly.
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