A meeting in the state’s largest county, Maricopa, ended chaotically last month, raising concern that the former president’s supporters could try to undercut the election.
Trump supporters refused to leave a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting room after rushing the dais and ending the meeting on Feb. 28. PHOENIX — As the board of supervisors for Arizona’s largest county abruptly ended a meeting late last month, a swarm of people rushed toward the dais, shouting that the members were illegitimate.
Trump supporters used baseless fraud claims to try to pressure or scare elected leaders into changing the results for the metro Phoenix county, which is home to more than half of Arizona’s residents.to Donald Trump’s electoral strategy, the incident late last month has revived fears that officials responsible for running Maricopa County elections will be targeted with a campaign of
But the chaotic ending to last month’s meeting marked for some a new level of menace — one reminiscent of the tone preceding the, attack on the U.S. Capitol — and illustrated the lengths to which Trump’s supporters are willing to go in disrupting public proceedings. Trump’s fraud claims were debunked long ago, but his most ardent backers remain unconvinced.
“Please know that this is done to protect your safety as well as ours,” Jack Sellers , chairman of the board, told the crowd, speaking of the new security measures. Some in the group that gathered outside the chamber on Wednesday said they did not recognize the county supervisors’ authority because they do not believe the results of the 2020 election. They said they came to know each other during the“We’d like them replaced,” said Brenda Ireton, a pro-Trump Republican who said she views the board as “corrupt” and “bought and paid for” by unknown interests.
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