By Matthew Casey/KJZZ
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who oversaw the mail-in poll course of throughout Kari Lake’s rigged 2022 election and mail-in poll counting this election, has mysteriously deleted his Twitter/X web page the place he has traditionally supplied common updates on elections, vote counting, and outcomes.
A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Recorder’s workplace supplied The Gateway Pundit with a cryptic quote immediately from Richer explaining this transfer within the warmth of an election:
“This can be a post-election promise to myself. For 4 years, I attempted to reply as many as many questions as doable and to be as accessible as doable. I’ve paid my ticket. I stayed on to verify I answered as many voter questions as doable by Election Day. I get to do what makes me completely happy now.”
Even supposing ballots are nonetheless being counted, Richer apparently feels that he now not must reply to the voters. Richer’s spokeswoman refused to reply any additional questions in regards to the cause behind his X web page being eliminated, responding “the assertion will communicate for itself.”
Many on social media imagine it is a signal that he’s making ready to mute critics of the election if one thing suspicious happens.
This comes because the County continues slow-walking the mail-in poll counting course of, and Kari Lake stays locked in a good race for the US Senate. The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that Lake is coming again in her race after early vote totals confirmed her down by greater than 100,000. As of Thursday, the race stands at a roughly 50,000 vote distinction, with roughly a million ballots remaining to depend.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Maricopa County additionally claimed that it may take as much as TWO WEEKS to depend the ballots and decide a winner.
State Senator Justine Wadsack posted a screenshot on X, questioning why Maricopa County’s high election official deleted his account as “the poll drops are at a stand nonetheless.”
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has deleted his private X account. The poll drops are at a stand nonetheless.
What’s going on?@charliekirk11 @elonmusk @GarretLewis pic.twitter.com/nBzwxBXDJW
— AZ Senator Justine Wadsack (@Wadsack4Arizona) November 7, 2024
It may be recalled that Richer oversaw early voting in Lake’s stolen 2022 election for governor and based and operated the Professional-Democracy Republicans darkish cash PAC, which was geared toward thwarting candidates with a MAGA agenda. He additionally admits to voting for Democrats in 2022 and deliberate to vote for Biden in 2024.
Fortunately, Richer was faraway from workplace, and Republican Justin Heap is anticipated to succeed him.
Nevertheless, his reign of terror towards Republicans didn’t cease there. He has seemingly made it a objective in life to torment Kari Lake. Richer remains to be in ongoing litigation for alleged defamation towards Kari Lake after she criticized his dealing with of elections whereas he actively campaigned towards her in 2022.
Richer apparently hates the First Modification a lot that he submitted a 2021 op-ed to the Nationwide Evaluate Journal, the place he calls the First Modification “the largest risk to elections and Democracy,” and says that his constituents are “idiots” and that “it might be time to revisit our First Modification jurisprudence.” Jack Butler, editor of The Nationwide Evaluate, rejected the draft op-ed, citing Richer’s assault on freedom of speech; nevertheless, Richer apparently gave a equally written speech, satirically in commemoration of Structure Day, to college students of the Maricopa County Neighborhood School District.
The Gateway Pundit will proceed to offer updates on the 2024 election leads to Arizona.
