{"id":1034881,"date":"2024-06-06T21:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1034881"},"modified":"2024-06-06T21:25:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:25:58","slug":"trump-finally-visits-his-arizona-maga-minions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-finally-visits-his-arizona-maga-minions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump (Finally) Visits His Arizona MAGA Minions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ahead of Donald Trump\u2019s Turning Point <\/em>town hall<\/em><\/a> today, <\/em>DNC spokesperson Cameron Niven<\/em><\/strong> released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter canceling not one, not two, but three trips to the state, Trump is finally making his way to Arizona, but instead of meeting with working families, he\u2019s choosing to spend time with the most extreme Arizonians he knows: the Arizona GOP and Turning Point. When they\u2019re not backstabbing, physically fighting with one another, and hemorrhaging cash, Arizona Republicans are following Trump\u2019s lead in ripping away women\u2019s reproductive freedom. Trump is choosing to kick off Pride Month with the same right-wing organization that employed staffers charged with assault for harassing a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Arizona last year, which is horrifying but unsurprising given the hateful agenda and violent rhetoric of the organization that Trump closely aligns himself with. This is the company that convicted felon Trump keeps as he wages his campaign of revenge and retribution. This November, Arizona voters will reject the extreme agenda of Trump and his MAGA minions and will once again unite behind President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they fight to protect their rights and deliver for Arizona families.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Turning Point USA staffers harassed and then assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Arizona last year.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZ Family<\/a>: \u201cCharges filed against two \u2018Turning Point USA\u2019 members accused of harassing ASU professor\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cTwo Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arizona Republic<\/a>: \u201cTurning Point affiliates admit to harassing queer ASU professor, must complete diversion program\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KPNX<\/a>: \u201cTwo employees of the right-wing organization Turning Point USA admitted their guilt in a planned confrontation last October with a queer instructor on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, according to court documents obtained Monday by 12News.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arizona Republic<\/a>: \u201c\u2018You can’t run,\u2019 one of the Turning Point USA affiliates told Boyles in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolfe said one of the people eventually shoved Boyles to the pavement, injuring him, and then fled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Arizona Republican Party is in shambles \u2013 reeling from infighting, corruption, and an empty war chest that forced the selling of the party\u2019s recently purchased headquarters during a pivotal election year. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KOLD<\/a>: \u201cEx-Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward<\/strong> is now facing assault charges, according to authorities<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cJeff DeWit, chair of the state\u2019s Republican Party, accused Lake of blackmailing him<\/strong>, after she released a recording of a private phone conversation between the two, in which he can be heard attempting to bribe the Senate candidate.<\/strong> Lake also allegedly threatened DeWit with a \u2018more damaging\u2019 recording if he refused to step down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arizona Capitol Times<\/a>: \u201cDeWit\u2019s resignation follows a leaked audio recording where he offered Lake employment or a \u2018number\u2019 to step out of politics.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZ Mirror<\/a>: \u201cIn particular, there were mounting concerns about the party\u2019s sagging finances, which were so bad that some had begun openly wondering if he was steering the AZGOP into bankruptcy.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZ Mirror<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cThings were so bad in August that the party had just $14,000 <\/strong>in the bank account, far less than it needed to cover its bills<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe AZGOP is selling the headquarters it bought 9 months ago\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter just nine months, the Arizona Republican Party’s new headquarters is about to become its old headquarters.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and MAGA Republicans own Arizona\u2019s multiple extreme abortion bans with no exceptions for rape or incest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cGOP suffers desert meltdown on abortion\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA day after former President Trump thought he’d tamped down the GOP’s exposure on abortion, it popped back up in the key 2024 battleground of Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy it matters: Trump ushered in the end of Roe vs. Wade<\/strong> and its national protection of abortion rights, and now his party is suffering a massive voter backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th<\/a>: \u201cAn \u2018insane roller coaster\u2019: In Arizona, abortion is legal one day and outlawed the next\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018This has been the most insane roller coaster ride I have ever been on,\u2019  said Dr. Jill Gibson, the medical director at Planned Parenthood Arizona. \u2018We feel like we\u2019re constantly having whiplash.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe uncertainty of the legal back-and-forth has destabilized abortion provision in Arizona \u2014 making it harder for clinics to retain staff, forcing patients to leave the state for care, and rendering it near impossible for people to know if they are legally allowed to get an abortion in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cArizona patients, doctors describe chaos, confusion over 1864 abortion ban\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Donald Trump\u2019s Turning Point town hall today, DNC spokesperson Cameron Niven released the following statement: \u201cAfter canceling not one, not two, but three trips to the state, Trump is finally making his way to Arizona, but instead of meeting with working families, he\u2019s choosing to spend time with the most extreme Arizonians he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump (Finally) Visits His Arizona MAGA Minions\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-finally-visits-his-arizona-maga-minions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-06T21:25:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-finally-visits-his-arizona-maga-minions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-finally-visits-his-arizona-maga-minions\/\",\"name\":\"Trump (Finally) Visits His Arizona MAGA Minions\u00a0 - 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