WASHINGTON Republicans trying to help their party regain power next year are growing increasingly worried that former President Donald Trump and his allies continuing to spread false claims about the 2020 election will jeopardize their mission. In the short term, some GOP officials and operatives see a need to placate Trump, still the most popular figure in the party, and his most committed .
Months after Trumpâs election defeat, Arizona Republicans are recounting the vote
By Michael Wines New York Times,Updated April 25, 2021, 12:52 p.m.
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PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996.
âWe hold an audit,â state Sen. Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â
But when a parade of flatbed trucks last week hauled boxes of voting equipment and 78 pallets containing the 2.1 million ballots of Arizonaâs largest county to a decrepit local coliseum, it kicked off a seat-of-the-pants audit process that seemed more likely to amplify Republican grievances than to put them to rest.
Half a Year After Trumpâs Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote
An audit of the vote in Arizonaâs most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters. But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one.
Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the office where ballots were being counted in Phoenix on Nov. 6.Credit.Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
PHOENIX â It seemed so simple back in December.
Responding to angry voters who echoed former President Donald J. Trumpâs false claims of a stolen election, Arizona Republicans promised a detailed review of the vote that showed Mr. Trump to have been the first Republican presidential nominee to lose the state since 1996. âWe hold an audit,â State Senator Eddie Farnsworth said at a Judiciary Committee hearing. âAnd then we can put this to rest.â