Arizona Republicans finally backing away from Cyber Ninjas and its dubious election "audit"

[marmar]

(Salon) The Republican-led Arizona election "audit," which recently has inspired a new echo in Montana, now faces opposition from a conservative talk radio who initially backed the effort and also fresh turmoil surrounding Cyber Ninjas, the previously unknown firm hired to carry out the audit.

With the audit entering its final days, conservative talk-show host Mike Broomhead told CNN anchor Pamela Brown over the weekend that his position on the audit had changed in recent weeks because Republicans had let the procedure become "biased" and overtly partisan in nature.

"I just think that they lost focus on being fair and unbiased," he stated on CNN. "I think they have allowed it to turn into a very biased audit, where they are speaking only to the people that already believed ahead of time that the election was stolen, and they haven't really produced any evidence to the contrary."

Broomhead had not initially argued that the election was stolen, but said he thought the audit would be a worthwhile measure to ensure confidence in the electoral process.

"This is not about politics for me," he told The Arizona Republic in mid-June. "It's not about right and left. It's about right and wrong. I'm an Arizonan, and I'm an American before I'm a Republican, but I'm proud of all three. I don't see the direction this audit is going as doing the state of Arizona or the country any good anymore. The goal of a transparent and unbiased audit is gone. You've either got to fix it or end it." .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/23/arizona-republicans-finally-backing-away-from-cyber-ninjas-and-its-dubious-election-audit/

[Lovie777]

1. But continues with the voter suppression laws.. ....

[PA Democrat]

2. The fraudit didn't "BECOME" biased and overtly partisan. It was from day one.

Republicans were just fine with hiring an unknown company with NO EXPERIENCE in election auditing. The company's founder and Trump supporter, Doug Logan. was pushing crazy voting conspiracy theories long before his company was hired.

And now that the public has become aware of the shady and downright crazy doings in the Arizona audit, some are trying to distance themselves from this dangerous and disgraceful attempt to nullify a fair election and justify voter suppression legislation.

OOPS! Arizona Republicans don't like being exposed for the anti-democracy con artists that they are.

[kentuck]

3. The damage has already been done.

It was never meant to be an "audit". It was meant to prolong the process for the benefit of Donald Trump.

[hibbing]

14. And to delegitimize President Biden's victory

[KS Toronado]

4. Words Rush Limbaugh never would have said.

[oldsoftie]

5. "Its about right & wrong". Not to so many;

its about whatever it takes to further what they believe to be true. No matter how underhanded

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

6. "I think they have allowed it to turn into a very biased audit"?

It was biased from the get-go. And everyone with a working brain knows it. It never was good for the State of Arizona.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Sad joke of a party.

[MissMillie]

8. fact that firm had no experience and not certified by EAC

meant that this was a partisan enterprise right out of the gate.

I don't know why they thought any "reasonable person" (that's the term they use, right?) would take these crackpots seriously

AND

I don't know why they thought the courts would take this fraudit seriously.

[Lonestarblue]

9. And they've been going to voters' homes and asking them who they voted for.

They represented themselves as being from the county elections board. Of this is not already illegal, it should be. The DOJ issued warnings about this, and the group promised they were not doing it. They did it anyway. Warnings are useless unless there is punishment when they are deliberately violated. I know the DOJ has a lot on its plate trying to clean up the Trump mess, but damn this is frustrating.

[jmbar2]

20. I hope they sue

If there are enough of the visitees willing to step forward for a class action suit, they could wipe those frauds out financially.

[ChazInAz]

10. Arizona republicans!

They've had a stranglehold on my former state for years, and it shows. Their level of corruption is staggering. I used to live in Chicago, and there was an unwritten rule amongst the oligarchs: it was okay scrape a little something off the top of government contracts, just so long as things got done. Arizona never figured out that political posturing and chest-thumping had to be accompanied by some actual, tangible good thing being done. For them, it was always the grift. It seems like every ten years or so, the legislature would reach a critical mass of hubris and pull some truly blatant and stupid move like this. They never learn.

[ananda]

11. It was always biased and overtly partisan.

From the getgo!

[NCjack]

12. Time for the AZGOP to bail out and blame its contractor.

[rumleyfips]

13. Forgetful

The trumpaloonies are beginning to see the problems a failed audit will cause to their election fraud crusade. If the legislature adjourns until next January, they will have time to distance themselves and never mention it again.

[ancianita]

15. Costly and slow dumbfucks, aren't they.

We should always remember how we've had to drag them kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.

[Escurumbele]

16. Another misguided title...It is not AZ republicans backing out, it is a talk show guy

Are the AZ republicans backing away from it????

[patphil]

17. There's an old Pennsylvania Dutch saying that covers this:

We get too soon old und too late schmart.

It was always evident this was a fraudit. Didn't need a lot of brain power to see that.
The Arizona Republicans want there to be fraud so bad, that they can't see the fraud that Doug Logan is perpetrating on them.
This farce is gonna stick to them for a long time to come.

[Marthe48]

18. Too little, too late

When traitor refused to concede, it was too late. As soon as a mob launched a seditious attack on the Capitol Building on Jan 6th, it was too late. Any member of the r party who still supports traitor and the vote-suppressing, democracy killing goals now pursued, are too late.

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. Broomhead? Conservative radio talk show host? I really care what he thinks or says - NOT.

[BlueIdaho]

21. Something tells me Cyberninja polling really stinks

And the GQP is dropping it like a hot rock.

[Grins]

22. "....they lost focus on being fair and unbiased.

“I just think that they lost focus on being fair and unbiased.”

Bwahahahaha!!!!!

Are you kidding? Are you insane? You think that was their intent? Is this more proof that self-delusions are the worst delusions?

Well, Michael, what’s the next step? How are you going to go back to your conservative radio shit-show and explain this? And why are you still a Republican after EVERYTHING that has happened since last Nov. 3rd?