Post by ck4829 on Sept 29, 2021 13:19:12 GMT
Trump 'Succeeded' Where Russia Failed by Attacking Election Integrity, Ex-GOP Arizona AG Says
Arizona's former Attorney General Grant Wood slammed the election misinformation spread by former President Donald Trump and his right-wing allies, saying they have "succeeded" where Russia and other enemies of the U.S. have previously failed.
Wood served as Arizona's attorney general from 1991 to 1999 when he identified as a Republican, and later became a Democrat in 2018. The former GOP official's remarks came in response to the results of the controversial Cyber Ninjas audit of Arizona's Maricopa County's 2020 election results—which reaffirmed President Joe Biden's victory over Trump. The Cyber Ninjas audit had been launched by Arizona Senate Republicans due to Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.
"Part of the irony here from these so-called true blue—red, white and blue Americans—is that this has always been the goal of Russia and of our enemies abroad who couldn't defeat us in any other way. They wanted us to try to fall from within when we as a people no longer had confidence in our democratic institutions," the ex-Republican told MSNBC on Saturday morning.
"So through all of this nonsense, through trying to support autocrats, trying to stay in power no matter what ... They've succeeded where our enemies have failed," Wood asserted.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-succeeded-where-russia-failed-by-attacking-election-integrity-ex-gop-arizona-ag-says/ar-AAOOCN
Arizona's former Attorney General Grant Wood slammed the election misinformation spread by former President Donald Trump and his right-wing allies, saying they have "succeeded" where Russia and other enemies of the U.S. have previously failed.
Wood served as Arizona's attorney general from 1991 to 1999 when he identified as a Republican, and later became a Democrat in 2018. The former GOP official's remarks came in response to the results of the controversial Cyber Ninjas audit of Arizona's Maricopa County's 2020 election results—which reaffirmed President Joe Biden's victory over Trump. The Cyber Ninjas audit had been launched by Arizona Senate Republicans due to Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.
"Part of the irony here from these so-called true blue—red, white and blue Americans—is that this has always been the goal of Russia and of our enemies abroad who couldn't defeat us in any other way. They wanted us to try to fall from within when we as a people no longer had confidence in our democratic institutions," the ex-Republican told MSNBC on Saturday morning.
"So through all of this nonsense, through trying to support autocrats, trying to stay in power no matter what ... They've succeeded where our enemies have failed," Wood asserted.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-succeeded-where-russia-failed-by-attacking-election-integrity-ex-gop-arizona-ag-says/ar-AAOOCN