Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers arrives to testify before the January 6 committee in Washington, DC on June 21, 2022.
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers arrives to testify before the January 6 committee in Washington, DC on June 21, 2022.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
  • State legislatures are called fascist andhogwash.

  • That the legislature could take away your election is not conservative. "That's fascist, that's what I'm saying."

  • There were attempts to overturn the election.

State legislatures giving themselves the power to overturn election results is "fascist" and "hogwash" according to the outgoing Arizona House Speaker.

After the failed attempts to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory in Arizona, Republicans in the state Senate commissioned a partisan post- election review.

The legislation that would allow the legislature to overturn a presidential election result was punted to 12 different committees.

In an interview with The Guardian, Bowers said that he was trying to send a clear message. The idea of the legislature nullifying your election is not conservative. It's fascist. I'm not a fascist, that's for sure.

President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election, but their efforts were unsuccessful, as evidenced by the testimony of a long-time lawmaker.

The Republican primary for state Senate in August was won by far-right opponent David Farnsworth, who was endorsed by Donald Trump.

A number of Trump-backed candidates are competing in a race. The Republican nominees for the US Senate, Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State all supported Trump's false claims that the 2020 election would be rigged.

He expressed concern and alarm for the future of his party in Arizona and American democracy as a whole.

The constitution is not stable, according to The Guardian. I always assumed it would be the other guys. It is my side. I can't believe that we would surrender the constitution to win an election. That just makes me sad.

According to his testimony to the January 6 Committee and his interview with the Guardian, the protests at this home began because of the pressure campaign he faced.

"I didn't think of giving up," he said. It's not possible. I do not like being bullied. One constant in my life is I do. That's not true. It was like, like. There are bullies.

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