'Not sending their best': Arizona GOP trolled for picking 'fake elector' Jake Hoffman as RNC committeeman

PHOENIX, ARIZONA: In a controversial move that has stirred widespread criticism and raised concerns about the party's direction, the Arizona GOP has appointed State Senator Jake Hoffman, one of the individuals indicted as a "fake elector", as the national committeeman for the Republican National Committee (RNC).

The decision comes in the wake of Hoffman's recent indictment, alongside 17 others, including prominent figures like former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Jake Hoffman becomes news RNC committeeman

Jake Hoffman, who faces allegations of attempting to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Arizona, secured the RNC position alongside former state Representative Liz Harris, whose expulsion from the Legislature was linked to her questioning of Biden's electoral win in the state.

"I'm humbled and honored to have been elected as the next RNC National Committeeman for Arizona," Hoffman wrote on Saturday, April 27, evening on X. "The road to saving America runs through our great state, and the RNC has a crucial role to play in supporting and empowering the Republican grassroots who fight every day against the Democratic Fascists," he added.

The controversy surrounding Hoffman stems from his actions on January 5, 2021, when, on the cusp of assuming office as a state representative, he urged then-vice president Mike Pence to delay the counting of Arizona's electors. Hoffman was among the 11 "alternate electors" whose legitimacy was questioned.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, condemned the actions of Hoffman and his cohorts, accusing them of deceiving the state's citizens.

“These defendants deceived the citizens of Arizona," Mayes said in a video statement. “The defendants intended that the false votes for Trump and Pence would encourage Vice President Pence to reject the certified Biden-Harris electors' votes regardless of the result of any legal challenge,” she added.

The selection of Liz Harris, another polarizing figure, as national committeewoman further exacerbates tensions within the Arizona GOP.

Harris was expelled from the Legislature for inviting an election denier to provide unsubstantiated testimony at a televised hearing on elections. The witness, Jacqueline Breger, made claims involving bribery, election manipulation, and religious institutions.

“These are not just your run-of-the-mill election deniers,” Barrett Marson, a Republican strategist in Arizona, told NBC News of Hoffman and Harris. “They are leaders in the whole experiment of election denialism,” he added.

According to Marson, Hoffman’s and Harris’ new gigs illustrate the Arizona GOP’s transformation in recent years. “I think it shows that both election denialism and a fealty to election denialism is now the state Republican Party in Arizona,” he said. 

Social media backlash

However, the Arizona GOP's decision was met with intense backlash on social media, with many people condemning the party's choice of an indicted individual for a position of influence.

"Arizona GOP is not sending their best," one posted on X.

"On par for today’s GOP," another wrote.

"Not surprised that forging documents to steal electoral votes from the winner and hand them over to the loser is NBD for the GOP," someone else chimed in.

"Republicans are appointing indicted criminals to positions of power. They also nominated and voted for an indicted criminal for President. The GOP is not a political party. It is a fascist cult," a comment read.

"It’s going to get worse before it gets better," another insisted.

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