A new moderate Republican group, Conservative Agenda for Arizona (CAA), emerged recently in Arizona. Its leadership and advisory board are mainly Republicans associated with the party’s moderate wing, including outgoing Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.
Richer started a PAC for GOP fraud deniers soon after he took office and said during the Republican primary this year that he intended to vote for Joe Biden instead of Donald Trump for president.
State Affairs described the organization, “A group of conservatives have formed a new coalition to break away from the GOP … several Republicans who have spoken out against former President Donald Trump and criticized election denialism sit on its advisory board.” The article “Former Arizona congressman leads coalition to fight election denialism” refers to former Congressman Matt Salmon, who co-chairs CAA.
In an interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, Salmon said, “With so many conspiracy theories that have been thrown out there and the election denialism, a lot of conservatives want to get back to our roots so to speak.” He criticized conservatives in Congress. “The House Freedom Caucus started out with very good intentions. it morphed into a cheering section for Trump when I left. … They became a bunch of sycophants and people that were rubber stamps for whatever Trump wanted. … He’s not a conservative. Never has been.”
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