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As a ploddingly slow election recount in
Arizona drags on, some of the Republicans who originally called for it are expressing regret.
“It makes us look like idiots,” Republican State Senator Paul Boyer told
The New York Times. “Looking back, I didn’t think it would be this ridiculous. It’s embarrassing to be a state senator at this point.”
Arizona’s State Senate is conducting a painstaking audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, which includes the city of Phoenix and most of the state’s population. President
Joe Biden won the county last year, carrying the state by about 11,000 votes.
By Caitlin Huey-Burns, Adam Brewster
May 9, 2021 / 7:06 AM / CBS News Arizona GOP launches recount of ballots
More than six months after his defeat in the November election, former President Trump is still claiming victory, calling the election the big lie, despite several recounts and dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits that say otherwise.
Although every state has certified its results, the Republican-controlled state Senate in Arizona has undertaken a full hand recount and audit of the ballots and voting machines in Maricopa, the state s largest county, a move that has been frequently praised by the former president. President Biden won the county, a longtime Republican stronghold, by 45,109 votes, and he won the state by 10,457 votes. At the same time, Democrats also picked up a U.S. Senate seat from Arizona.