'Welcome to fascism': Arizona GOP Home speaker slams election deniers

Outgoing Arizona state Home Speaker Rusty Bowers slammed Republican candidates who again former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

Bowers, who misplaced his bid for the state Senate final month, shared his considerations relating to the slate of GOP nominees, in addition to proposed laws he says would make it simpler for the state legislature to reject election outcomes.

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"The legislature, after the election, may dismiss the election ... And I stated, welcome to fascism,” Bowers informed CNN for its documentary American Coup: The January sixth Investigation.

As Home speaker, Bowers successfully killed the invoice by sending it to all 12 Home committees for overview. The method will doubtless take an excessive amount of time for the invoice to be introduced up for a vote within the present home.

Bowers additionally stated relying on how the upcoming elections prove, "It is vitally attainable that the invoice that I assigned liberally to my committees might be again."

"The potential for that getting a governor signature would simply be a catastrophe. I name it the potential of going again into the darkish ages in Arizona," Bowers stated.

Bowers has been an outspoken critic of Trump's antics following the 2020 election, however he stated he would nonetheless doubtless help him in 2024 if he's the GOP nominee. Bowers testified earlier than the Jan. 6 committee in July, and he was later censured by the Arizona GOP for now not being "a Republican in good standing."