Donald Trump is turning Arizona into the Area 51 of politics – The Arizona Republic

Opinion: Since Friday the one-term president has sent out no fewer than seven statements about Arizona's election audit, each one a bit more bizarre.

In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)(Photo: Alex Brandon, AP)

Former President Donald Trump may live in Florida but he is obsessed with Arizona, a state that hes clearly hoping can spark his political resurrection.

A state thatis quickly becoming to the MAGA crowd what Area 51 is to people who believe that little green men walk among us.

Since Friday the one-term president has sent out no fewer than seven statements about Arizona's election audit, each one a bit more bizarre.

To summarize, he despises our governor (second worst Republican governor in America), loves Senate Republicans (brave and patriotic) and absolutely adores their choice of election auditors (Great American Patriots).

Democrats, not so much.

According to Trump, the Democratic Party has dispatched more than 100 lawyers to the state to try to stop the audit of Maricopa Countys election.

Thats up from 73 on Friday and way, way up from reality, which would be closer to 0.

Trump began pumping out pronouncements on Friday, thanking the brave and patriotic Republican State Senators from Arizona for the incredible job they are doing in exposing the large scale Voter Fraud which took place in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Its worth noting that Senate President Karen Fann has repeatedly claimed this audit isnt about overturning the results of the election that its about determining if there were problems that need to be corrected in order to restore voter confidence but dont try to convince Trump of that.

For Trump and the Trump Nation, this audit is all about overturning the results of the 2020 election and clearingthe way for hisglorious return to the White House.

The Democrats have sent 73 lawyers to Arizona in an effort to stop this recount and full transparency because THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DID! he said on Friday. The Democrats are desperate for the FRAUD to remain concealed because, when revealed, the Great States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, New Hampshire, and the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, would be forced to complete the work already started.

73 lawyers?Full transparency?

What audit is he watching? The handful of lawyers (four, maybe five tops?) are the same Arizona attorneys who handle all the Democrats legal work and the media has been locked out of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where the audit is taking place. The auditors, meanwhile, have asked a judge to keep secretthe procedures they are using to determine whether Joe Biden and Sen. Mark Kelly really won the election.

But no matter. Later on Friday, Trump sent out another statement saying Democrats are swarming the state.

This could be Voter Fraud at the highest level. Dont think that Arizona is the only State, he said. Much more to come!

And there was more to come. Another statement,demanding that Gov. Doug Ducey immediately provide large-scale security for the brave American Patriots doing the Forensic Audit.

State police or National Guard must be immediately sent out for protection. The Democrats do not want to have this information revealed, and they will do anything to stop it. Governor Ducey must finally act!

Ducey, having already defended the integrity of Arizonas elections, has been silent on thisaudit. Unlike Fann, a once-reputable mainstream Republican who took a header down the rabbit hole, hes sitting this one out.

Trump has noticed.

Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona, oneof the wost Governors in America, and the second worst Republican Governor in America, is refusing to provide security for the American Patriots who are hand counting the Rigged 2020 Arizona Election Ballots, he groused on Monday.

Thats got to be a blow for the ambitious but term-limited governor who is running to the border and eliminating mask ordinances and generally doing just whatever he can to ingratiate himself with the base.

Everything, that is, but buying into the hopes and dreams of the Trump Nation that Arizona will be the domino that ultimately leads to Joe Bidens downfall.

Incredible organization and integrity taking place in Arizona with respect to the Fraudulent 2020 Presidential Election, Trump proclaimedon Monday. These are Great American Patriots, but watch, the Radical Left Democrats demean and destroy campaign will start very soon.

They will say anything they can to take away the integrity, validity, and credibility of what these incredible Patriots are doing but the people of Arizona wont stand for it. They were among the earliest to see that this was a Rigged Election!

Integrity, validity and credibility of an auditor who has promoted conspiracy theories about how the election was stolen andis apparently consulting with other conspiracy buffs on how to root out fraud?

Integrity, validity and credibility of an audit run by and for Republicans, one the media hasn't been allowed to watch? One in which no one really knows what who these people are or what theyare doing with our 2.1 million ballots or with the early ballot affidavits that contain our signatures or with the registration files that contain thenames, addresses andphone numbers and signatures of every voter in the state?

Or as Trump sees it, a red, white and true-blue audit that is independently run, with no advantage to either side.

The Radical Left Democrat Party has gone absolutely INSANE in fighting the Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, right now taking place in the Great State of Arizona, he said Tuesday. They sent a team of over 100 lawyers to try and stop it because they know what the result of the Arizona Senate sponsored audit will be and it wont be good for the Dems.

Nope, still just the same old handful of the usual Arizona attorneys who handle Democrats business attendedWednesdays court hearing.

But hey, the delusion continues.

The audit is independently run, with no advantage to either side, but the Democrats dont want to hear anything about it because they know that they lost Arizona, and other scam election States, in a LANDSLIDE, Trump said. They also know that the Arizona State Legislature approved virtually none of their many election requests, which is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The people of Arizona are very angry, as are the people of our Country. If we cant have free and fair elections, we dont have a Country. The audit must continue. America deserves the TRUTH!

Truth would be nice, wouldnt it?

Reach Roberts at laurie.roberts@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LaurieRoberts.

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