Arizona secretary of state releases must-read statement in response to right-wing threats

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Since Election Day, mobs of right-wing anti-Democracy groups have alternately been trying to “stop the count” and “count the votes” in a confusing cacophony of dumb. Led by some of the same faces that have brought you other bogus right-wing protests around the country, the Arizona mobs have been fueled by the entirely baseless claims of election fraud promoted by the Republican Party and Donald Trump.

As a result, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has been forced to repeatedly appear on television to refute the completely fabricated claims of election malfeasance. This has led to Hobbs, her family, and her staff to be targeted online by real cowardly faketriots who are threatening the lives of Hobbs and those around her. On Wednesday, Sec. Hobbs dropped a powerful statement about these threats and our Democracy and justice. In it, Hobbs says that while she is not surprised that people are angry and are striking out it does not excuse the perpetrators of violent threats meant to intimidate people trying to protect our Democracy. “Their continued intimidation tactics will not prevent me from performing the duties I swore an oath to do. Our democracy is tested constantly, it continues to prevail, and it will not falter under my watch.”

She also calls out Trump and “members of Congress and other elected officials,” who spread false information about the integrity of these elections, reminding them that their “words and actions have consequences.”

Hobbs’ statement is the kind of document that should be copied, and printed, and re-printed, and taught in classes across the country. It is about the integrity of our delicate democracy and a testament to the courage that our officials are meant to show when our Constitution truly is threatened by a minority of mobsters and well-funded bullies.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/18/1996710/-Democracy-will-not-falter-under-my-watch-AZ-secretary-of-state-responds-to-right-wing-threats?detail=emaildkre

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I wish I had hope, I dont.

Civil unrest is coming. Unless we are all too lazy to fight it, but what we can be CERTAIN of is 70 million of us have NO interest in Democracy.

NO interest in the law.

I am losing patience, I am assuming I will have to physically fight to save my country.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Yup ... was just thinking of looking up where my nearest hardware store is five minutes ago ...

And Lowe's is 300 yards from me, if you know what I'm getting at.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. I worry that most of our friends here and so on dont understand how bad this can get

[liberal_mama]

5. I worry that this could get really bad

I'm terrified about what could be coming

[Seiad]

3. It sucks, doesn't it?

I keep trying to pull myself back from having the same thoughts as you, but the more and more I read, well, it's getting harder and harder. I for one am a Democrat who is ready to fight, btw.....

[Faux pas]

6. Kickin' with gusto!