What Arizona Means [View all]
Driving around nice neighborhoods in Phoenix, it was startling to see the Biden signs everywhere. I only saw a couple of Trump bumper stickers. Many of my Republican friends went Trump this year. Yeah, the election was close, but you could feel how different AZ was this cycle. I think I know why the state felt so blue.
What the pundits don't talk too much about is that we already went through our Trumpism dalliance in AZ. Sheriff Joe lead the charge with his immigration roundups. The old Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas was MAGA before that term existed. He literally arrested judges, the press and political rivals. Russell Pearce in the Senate got AZ 1070 passed. We lived Trump already, people hated it, and it turned the state blue.
If Arizona serves as a guide, there still is hope for this nation. It took a long time for Arizona to come around. It still isn't perfect by any stretch. But we all got a good taste of racism and conservative lunacy over here, and we rejected it.
I've been waiting and waiting for this day. It's been brutal here. Arizona just put the nail in the coffin for Trump. Nevada and AZ get Biden home. If the country follows Arizona's example, the people will just move on.
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