Following Maricopa County’s disastrous election management, election morality advocates assisted in the election of Recorder Stephen Richer. However, Richer has reportedly received financial support from Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman because he has become such a communist darling since taking business.
Hoffman, the leader of LinkedIn and a big financial admirer of Democrats-aligned reasons, was one of the sponsors listed on pro-Richer mail distributed by the left-wing organization Ladies for Justice, as initially reported by AZ Free News. Hoffman is one of the top three donors supporting Women for Justice, according to a picture taken of the mailer obtained by The Federalist. The publication also notes 47 percent of the money used by the team for the mailings came from “out-of-state donors”.
According to InfluenceWatch, Hoffman “was somewhat unbiased prior]to] 2016, when he became an vocal critic of then-Republican candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential vote”. The following year, he “launched a number of left-of-center companies, opportunities, and fundraising attempts to oppose President Trump and the Republican Party”.
According to my colleague Logan Washburn, Hoffman reportedly stated days before the attempted assassination of Trump that he wished he “had made]Trump ] an actual martyr.” Eventually, the LinkedIn founder attempted to clarify Trump’s remarks in a post that was made available on July 14 and after condemned the attempted life of the man.
Neither Hoffman nor Women for Justice responded to The Federalist’s request for comment.
Richer is facing a primary problem from two individuals: IT firm expert Don Hiatt and Rep. Justin Heap, a part of the Arizona Freedom Caucus. A second challenger can help an unhappy incumbent by cutting the opposition vote when they face strong major challenges. Constantin Querard, founder and president of the Arizona political analyst group Grassroots Partners, LLC, told The Federalist while that issue “was certainly a concern first” in the main cycle, he thinks Hiatt “has n’t had the money to be a competitive second candidate”.
The Republican nominee for November’s standard election will face Democrat Timothy Stringham if the Democratic nominee wins. Both Querard and Merissa Hamilton, co-founder of the Arizona-based political lobbying group EZAZ. nonprofit, predicted Heap may win Tuesday’s primary.
Speaking with The Federalist, Hamilton noted that Maricopa County voters are “very frustrated with the way]Richer ] has decided to treat them and their concerns”.
Hamilton said,” We know that the recorder has n’t been truthful with the people with issues that have occurred, including those that have occurred under and before his watch.” Electors” just like effective elections. They desire an fair record.
Despite pursuing voter dignity, Richer has frequently denigrated opponents he previously claimed to represent and supported Maricopa County’s story of disorderly elections. As The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway recently reported, Richer has written “op-eds at , CNN , against the type of election reviews he conducted to get energy”, and attacked” Democratic leaders and , voters , for their election integrity issues”.
In 2022, Richer founded a political action committee to elect candidates who share his opposition to a ballot measure that would strengthen Arizona’s voter ID laws, which his opponents argued was against. He also dismissed” conspiracy theories” as being a result of Maricopa County’s 2022 Election Day maladministration.
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According to Just the News, Richer has reportedly conspired to censor those who question the conduct of Maricopa County elections and collaborated with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency, which critics refer to as the “nerve center” of the federal government’s censorship operations, to combat what it perceives as “misinformation.” Prior to the president’s exit from the race, he also previously disclosed his intention to support Joe Biden in the November election.
Will left-leaning independents cast ballots in the GOP primary to support Richer’s victory, as permitted by Arizona law? ” I do n’t know what quantities they might, they might turn out for him”, Querard said, adding” I would assume he’s trying to motivate them to turn out”.
The Federalist received a request for comment from Richer’s office, which did not respond right away. In the weeks since the publication of the AZ Free News report, the Richer campaign has not made any claims in opposition to it.
The Federalist staff writer Shawn Fleetwood graduated from the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
