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Stephen Richer, a Republican, helps oversee elections as the County Recorder in Maricopa County, Arizona. Amid claims of a stolen 2020 election, he’s spent nearly four years trying to answer voters' questions and restore belief in the ballot. https://t.co/rIgazrfQPs pic.twitter.com/SZgy8vA0G4

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican who took office in 2021, says no widespread fraud was found in the county’s 2020 election, which he calls “the most scrutinized election in human history.” https://t.co/MqyUntQXPK pic.twitter.com/mHPi63ZyBT

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

Republican election official Stephen Richer has defended the integrity of Maricopa County’s elections and called out false claims of widespread fraud. Violent threats followed. https://t.co/GJLaLq0kQm pic.twitter.com/d2OjlE2Zd0

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

Election attorney Ben Ginsberg joined fellow conservatives in co-authoring a report that examined 2020 election lawsuits. “The evidence to back up the allegations of fraud and elections being unreliable simply does not exist,” he says. https://t.co/jL2jUna3K7 pic.twitter.com/0ElO3SuF9N

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

Busch led AZ’s RNC delegation. She claims the 2020 election was stolen despite investigations, audits and court cases that confirmed the results. She said “I don’t need a government official with a vested interest to tell me whether what I have is valid.” https://t.co/WXYle5yEcU pic.twitter.com/RpQJzDtLnz

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

No, you just need the government to validate your claims. It’s our election, not your election.

60 Minutes asked Busch, the Maricopa County Republican Party Vice-Chair, about a speech she gave where she said of election official Stephen Richer, a fellow Republican, “...if Stephen Richer walked in this room, I would lynch him.” https://t.co/E0K8P3N9fu pic.twitter.com/5abZxQkDcX

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 8, 2024

I blame Democrats for all the violent rhetoric.