'I'm wearing the armor of God': New Arizona GOP chair vows more anti-voting lawsuits
The newly-elected Arizona Republican Party chair, Gina Swoboda, proudly told longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon on his "war room" show that the former president personally urged her to run for the position, reported KPNX's Brahm Resnik — and vowed to continue pushing lawsuits on his behalf to restrict access to voting in Arizona.
"How can the Arizona GOP be dead broke in an election year with nine months to go?" asked Bannon.
"They are," acknowledged Swoboda, saying that financial statements haven't been filed in the party for a year. "On the election side, we have to litigate, we have to litigate now, we have a lot of lawsuits going on, we have to get rid of the unmanned drop boxes, that judgment is imminent."
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"I don't think the courts in Arizona have exactly cut our way," said Bannon. Swoboda responded that they had secured two voting restriction wins in Yavapai County, and said the GOP legislature would soon be stripping certain powers from Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, whom Bannon blasted as a "cartel lawyer."
In response to Bannon asking her how she would handle tough issues like improving the GOP's fundraising and uniting warring factions, she said, "I'm Wonder Woman ... I'm fueled by God. The president — I have to say, I'm wearing the armor of God. I think that the reason the God made me my nerdly election self is for this time."
Swoboda was appointed following a leadership crisis after the previous party chair, Jeff DeWit, was caught on hot mic allegedly offering far-right Senate candidate Kari Lake a bribe to exit the race. DeWit maintained that Lake set him up, but stepped down out of fear that she would release a supposedly even more incriminating tape of him.
