Arizona election audit fever spreads to Pennsylvania as Trump s Big Lie gains ground
The attack on our democracy is ongoing. And January 6 may have merely been a rehearsal for something even worse.
A supporter of President Trump holds a sign at a Stop the Steal protest in Phoenix, Ariz, on November 7, 2020. Is Pennsylvania next?Cheney Orr / Bloomberg via Getty Images
July 11, 2021, 8:30 AM UTC
Two developments over the last week or so have signaled how the political ground continues to shift under our feet.
Two developments last week signaled how the political ground continues to shift under our feet.
The two events are linked by the same impulse: to retroactively revise the history of the insurrection and the Big Lie in order to further weaken our democratic safeguards. Attention needs to be paid.
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A Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker and a gubernatorial candidate are backing an audit of the 2020 election in the state with former President Donald Trump in mind.
State Rep. Doug Mastriano requested “information and materials” from three counties for a forensic investigation. He said if fraud is uncovered, he’ll open it up to more counties within the commonwealth.
He sent the letters in his capacity as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee to Philadelphia County, York County, and Tiago County. He set a deadline of July 31, threatening to pursue subpoenas if they don t comply.
The plans for an election investigation, which will also look at the 2021 primary, is reminiscent of the forensic audit wrapping up in Maricopa County, Arizona, despite complaints from local and state officials and the Justice Department, which is poised to crack down on it before auditors release their findings later this summer.
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