Posted on 05/26/2021 2:14:13 AM PDT by Libloather
Arizona Republicans passed a measure on Tuesday to strip Democrat Katie Hobbs, the current secretary of state, of her ability to defend election lawsuits, a seemingly partisan retaliation for her sharp criticism of the party's controversial election audit.
The bill, which passed both the state's House and Senate Appropriations committees, puts the attorney general, currently a Republican, in charge of defending all lawsuits through January 2, 2023, which is around the end of Hobbs’ current term.
“The legislature intends that the attorney general make all strategic decisions regarding election litigation and be allowed to intervene on behalf of this state if the attorney general determines, in the attorney general's sole discretion, that the intervention is appropriate,” according to the bill.
The bill also states that the attorney general cannot represent or provide legal advice to the Secretary of State, which is generally the chief elections administrator, or the Department of State on any matters through June 30, 2023. But it allows the secretary to hire one full-time “equivalent position” to serve as legal advisor to represent them, but blocks the secretary from “spending or incurring indebtedness to employ outside or private attorneys to provide representation or services.”
This measure, which has to pass the full legislature, comes as Senate Republicans are leading a 2020 election audit of the state’s largest county.
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Why doesn’t anyone bring up the horrible anti-Trump tweets she posted in 2017? She should be disqualified for that alone.
If she starts to squawk to the media about “insurrections” and other such idiocy, just publicly remind her that there is no constitutional requirement to even have a Secretary of State. The legislature controls elections, not the SOS or the Governor.
What took you so long???
She should be stripped all right.
Strip her clothes off and then pull out the cat-o-nine tails. Make her earn every penny given to her by Nazi Soros. In fact televise it on pay per view and give the proceeds to the audit team to continue their work. /spit,
If the election were fair, everyone would want an audit to prove it.
her sharp criticism of the party’s controversial election audit.
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The Left’s childish use of the trigger word “controversial” is laughable: it is constantly employed to signal their displeasure of whatever it qualifies.
hobbs is no more than a media whore. A dangerous one.
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
If we can’t pass the vaccine passport ban we can’t pass anything good.
That was very frustrating (vaccine passports) and I want to know if Dacey has the balls to sign this with regard to Hobbs.
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