Posted on 09/18/2022 5:19:08 PM PDT by cotton1706
Outgoing Arizona state House Speaker Rusty Bowers slammed Republican candidates who back former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Bowers, who lost his bid for the state Senate last month, shared his concerns regarding the slate of GOP nominees, as well as proposed legislation he says would make it easier for the state legislature to reject election results.
"The legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election ... And I said, welcome to fascism,” Bowers told CNN for its documentary American Coup: The January 6th Investigation.
As House speaker, Bowers effectively killed the bill by sending it to all 12 House committees for review. The process will likely take too much time for the bill to be brought up for a vote in the current house.
Bowers also said depending on how the upcoming elections turn out, "It is very possible that the bill that I assigned liberally to my committees will be back."
"The possibility of that getting a governor signature would just be a disaster. I call it the possibility of going back into the dark ages in Arizona," Bowers said.
Bowers has been an outspoken critic of Trump's antics following the 2020 election, but he said he would still likely support him in 2024 if he is the GOP nominee. Bowers testified before the Jan. 6 committee in July, and he was later censured by the Arizona GOP for no longer being "a Republican in good standing."
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He doesn't even know what fascism is.
The elected representatives of the people, assembled, deciding on a matter in which the US Constitution specifically instills them with plenary powers in that area, is not fascism, it is republican government.
Because elected legislators face accountability frequently, by design.
But Bowers didn't like being held accountable for his actions. The people dared to pick somebody OTHER THAN HIM, so he's bitter. And will soon be forgotten.
"We know who have abused us...the time is coming when they shall lick the dust, and melt away." - Samuel Adams
>> Trump’s antics following the 2020 election
GTH, Jack
He seems to be upset about how things are going. Awwwww...
Patriot: “I’d like to have honest elections that I can trust.”
RINO: “What?? Are you some kind of Nazi??”
Well, make it official and join the Democrat Party.
Touchy ...
Bye, byeee, RINO!
So utterly predictable. These Globalist RINO’s all go running to CNN, PMSNBC, etc..to whine.
Take your “L” Rusty and GTFO.
How is questioning the vote fascism?
Democrat-ocracy ... rule by Democrats and you aren’t to question the elections they steal or else you are literally Hitler.
He doesn't even know what fascism is.
He knows the Left's definition.
Fascism is what you call your opponents ideology.
Fascists is what you call your opponents.
The left does not believe in consistent definitions.
They believe in power.
Bowers can go to hell and go vote for democrats... We don’t need anyone like that in the party anymore.
Outgoing. Stopped reading there.
fascism? They keep using that word. It doesn’t mean what they think it means.
One tenant of Fascism is the belief that Liberties and civil rights come from Government. No MAGA I know believes that. Our Liberties and civil rights existed before any government was formed no matter they type of government.
I rather liked the Sam Adams quote. Moving on
“proposed legislation he says would make it easier for the state legislature to reject election results ... and I said, welcome to fascism.”
Some of us don’t like stolen elections.
We are constantly reminded that Democrats have no problem with ILLEGAL immigration. Why should we believe they have a problem with ILLEGAL votes?
No Rusty, fascism is what we are fighting against. That’s why you lost.
Ah, yes, I recall those old news reels of Benito Mussolini explaining to the crowds what he meant by fascismo.
“Fascismo is people who have doubts about things. I have doubts and my generals have doubts. That’s what makes us fascists!”
AZ has removed one of the key players working against the GOP voters.
“Welcome to buzzword and buzzword…which is an obvious threat to democracy”
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