Now that we have learned that Arizona had, at minimum, tens of thousands of illegal/fraudulent votes-- and up to several hundred thousand-- the question is what will happen in response.
There is much discussion over the fact that Arizona senators sent a referral to the state attorney general to intervene. It is presumed that some criminal charges will ensue.
The likelihood, however, is that this is a multi-state operation using a variety of techniques to "stuff the ballot box" and commit fraud. There is no reason to believe this problem is solely confined to the state of Arizona. All of the swing states or "purple" states could have been obvious targets. But some feel the fraud takes place in blue states and red states also.
It is fine that the state attorney general might prosecute some folks. That is entirely appropriate.
However, to attain true justice, the election result needs to be remedied. The state's assignment of electors must be decertified. Many Republican politicians do not want to address this issue. They wish it would quietly go away, and that Donald Trump would fade into oblivion.
But that would not be true justice. There is ample basis for the legal rule of thumb that "fraud vitiates everything"... i.e., that fraud destroys the validity of a given determination or finding or ruling. Fraud has now been demonstrated in the 2020 election that had enormous potential to change the outcome in Arizona, and likely other states.
Republicans need to consider what would happen if the socialists were the victim of this kind of fraud. In fact, we learned in North Carolina a few years ago in the Mark Harris race. They squealed like stuck pigs, and used the system to remedy the situation. They don't hesitate to launch political offensives to put Republicans and conservatives in a tough spot.
The Republicans need to go on offense, and put the socialists on the defensive. They ought not slink and slither away, and hope the entire issue goes away. They would be betraying their base and surrendering yet again if they took that approach.
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