Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey says a GOP senator with ties to white nationalists 'is still better' than a Democrat in office

The governor of Arizona is being criticized for saying that a firebrand GOP state senator who has ties to white nationalists is better than a Democrat in office.

The Arizona Republic reported that Ducey made comments about Rogers after the local event.

"What I need as a governor are governing majorities so that I can pass dollars into our social safety net, so we can provide programs like this that will help children from all over our state," he said. I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish. She is still better than her opponent.

Rogers, a Republican, defeated French, a Democrat, in a state senate district anchored in northern Arizona.

Rogers was going to speak at the America First Political Action Conference in Florida on Friday. One of the event's organizers has a history of making racist and antisemitic remarks.

Rogers said she fantasized about hanging her enemies at the February 25 event, The Arizona Mirror reported.

I said we need to build more gallows. She said that using a newly built set of gallows would make an example of traitors who have betrayed our country.

The progressive organizations Advancing Arizona and Progress Now Arizona said that he was "catering to the hate" when it came to his views.

They said in a joint statement that Gov. Doug Ducey must stand with the people he swore an oath to represent and stop catering to the hate that he feels is necessary to advance his own agenda.

C.J. Karamargin told The Arizona Republic that the governor was against hate.

He said that Gov. Ducey is not about hate. For people who are suggesting otherwise, they are just trying to score political points.

The governor's political action committee spent $500,000 for the Rogers campaign in 2020 to help the party maintain its legislative majority. The effort paid off, as Republicans currently control both houses of the state legislature, even after President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in the critical swing state by less than 11,000 votes.

The governor's actions after theUnite the Right rally in Virginia and the Pittsburgh synagogue attack were referenced by Karamargin.

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