According to the details, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has referred to a Trump statement about the election data as “unhinged” and “readily falsifiable,” and the Board of Supervisors is planning a public meeting to refute false statements from multiple sources.
“We can’t indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country,” Richer tweeted.
Wow. This is unhinged. I’m literally looking at our voter registration database on my other screen. Right now.
We can’t indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country.
This is as readily falsifiable as 2+2=5. If we don’t call this out… pic.twitter.com/5tDy1wsZg6
— Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) May 15, 2021
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer responded to this on Twitter, referring to it as a “plain-as-day lie” and asking for help calling it out from Arizona Republican Leo Biasiucci.
@Leo4AzHouse here's a great example of a plain-as-day lie that will lead our Arizona residents to think the Maricopa County database has been entirely deleted. Help me call out this lie.
— Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) May 15, 2021
Trump wrote in one of his Saturday emails, “The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED!” He called it “illegal” and an “election crime,” despite the audit spokesperson walking back such claims two days earlier. Trump also alleged that “seals were broken on the boxes that hold the votes, ballots are missing, and worse.”
That lawmaker, state Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, had posted on Twitter that he gets 1,000 emails per day from Arizona constituents asking that he look into elections.
How about I send you the 1k emails I receive per day from Arizona constituents asking me to look into our elections. Your continued obstruction of this audit is what will do lasting damage. This is exactly why voters don't trust politicians.
🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸 https://t.co/1zlBREQTtT— Rep. Leo Biasiucci 🇺🇸 (@Leo4AzHouse) May 14, 2021
🚨Dear Voters🚨
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has asked to please direct your emails & phone calls to him. He feels that your concerns for election integrity are based on lies.#TransparencyDiesInDarkness@stephen_richer
[email protected]
Phone: 602-506-3535 https://t.co/nGwlZCBXRE— Rep. Leo Biasiucci 🇺🇸 (@Leo4AzHouse) May 15, 2021
“Enough with the defamation. Enough with the unfounded allegations,” Richer tweeted Thursday. “I came to this office to competently, fairly, and lawfully administer the duties of the office. Not to be accused by own party of shredding ballots and deleting files for an election I didn’t run. Enough.”
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jack Sellers released a statement on Saturday, saying that the lies have gone too far, and that they’re dangerous and irresponsible.