Mark Finchem also said that he had been interviewed by both the Department of Justice and the House select committee investigating Jan. 6—as a witness.
Over the span of 30 televised minutes on Thursday night, the far-right legislator Mark Finchem clearly demonstrated why he is Donald Trump’s preferred pick to run Arizona’s elections.
When Fontes argued that Finchem’s goal was to overturn an election, the Republican strenuously denied the suggestion. Asked directly if Arizona voters would approve of their top election official being present at an attempt to derail a presidential election, Finchem simply said, “to be at a place when something is happening is not illegal.”
Finchem has previously expressed opposition to mail-in voting but was reluctant to do so on the debate stage Thursday night. Asked repeatedly if he would seek to curtail the practice, Finchem simply said that it was his job to implement the legislature’s plans and that his own views were irrelevant. But in few states is the contrast between the secretary of state hopefuls is as stark as it is in Arizona.
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