Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican (pictured above, left), is in hot water with Republicans after representing the Maricopa County Supervisors (MCBOS) twice, asking for sanctions against Kari Lake over her election lawsuits. A judge dismissed the second request a couple of weeks ago, prompting the Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) to censure Mitchell this week.
Brian Ference, a member at large with the MCRC and behind many of the group’s recent censures, told The Arizona Sun Times, “The recent censures show an unprecedented level of unity of Republicans holding their elected officials accountable. Just like with Rusty Bowers, the critical part is to take them as a call to action to door knock and inform the voters and then primary them.”
Bowers was the Speaker of the House until 2022 when he lost reelection in the primary by over 20 points due to an immense effort to oust him by America First and MAGA Republicans. Bowers frequently killed election integrity bills and voted against many of them.
The censure resolution stated in part, “Whereas Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a registered Republican, officially authorized filing a specious motion — No. CV2022-095403 — with the Maricopa County Superior Court, cosigned by former MCRC Chairman Tom Liddy, to ‘impose sanctions for attorney misconduct before the court, moving] for an award of sanctions against Plaintiff-Contestant’ Republican Governor Candidate in the 2022 General Election ‘Kari Lake and her counsel,’ a motion ultimately and completely rejected by the court…”
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