Arizona
Former Arizona governor says election denialism is ‘ruining the Republican Party’ – Washington Examiner
Former Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer warned that Republicans should shift away from denying the results of recent elections, saying it is “ruining” the GOP.
Republicans in Arizona have faced several high-profile losses in recent years, including a slate of statewide candidates in 2022 and former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. Since those bruising losses, the GOP has challenged the results but has been unsuccessful in showing that there were enough voter irregularities or fraud to overturn the results.
Brewer argued in an interview with the Guardian that people will refuse to instill their confidence in Republicans if they continue to claim past elections were stolen.
“The only thing that I know that has to be done is we need people to stand up and talk about it and move on. This is ruining the Republican Party at this point in time. It’s undermining our elections, and if we don’t stop it, the end is that people won’t vote. And who will that hurt if they don’t vote? It will hurt the Republican Party,” Brewer told the news outlet. “We need every vote that we can get at the polls.”
The former governor said that she thinks election denialism from Republicans stems from wanting to win, but she insists it is important to defend the system from “distrust.” Brewer also made a point to say that denying election results was not a GOP-only issue.
“It’s been on both sides. Don’t lay it just on the Republicans, but that happens to be the people that are doing it currently, because we lost the presidency. We had some heated races in Arizona and some of the losers claimed that they were stolen, and they went through all these court cases and they didn’t win and they didn’t have the proof. And evidently, they don’t trust our judicial system either,” the former Arizona governor said.
She also added that the “claims are just outrageous” and believes the level of election denialism is nearing a fever pitch ahead of the contentious primary in the state later this month and the general election in November.
Brewer said that she does not believe the 2020 election was stolen, and she also said that she will vote for Trump in November — noting he is the Republican nominee.
“He did a lot of good when he was president. I just hope that if and when he wins, that it doesn’t all evolve again. Of course, if he wins, then I guess they’ll think the election is okay,” the ex-governor said.
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Several Trump-aligned candidates in competitive races who said the prior presidential election was stolen lost their races in 2022.
In Arizona, 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake repeatedly said the 2020 election was stolen and then said her loss to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) was also the result of fraud. Lake is running for Senate in Arizona and will likely be the GOP nominee, but she has also toned down her talk of prior elections being stolen.
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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