Trump Threatens GOP Arizona Gov. Ducey for Election Certification: “ Republicans will remember! ”

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey certified the state’s election results on Monday, including the victory of Democratic Senator-elect Mark Kelly. President Donald Trump was quick to voice his dissatisfaction with the state’s decision on Twitter, citing allegations of electoral fraud made by members of his legal team.

Ducey announced that President-elect Joe Biden won the Arizona presidential election, officially giving Biden the state’s 11 electoral votes. Biden is the first Democrat to win Arizona’s presidential race since former President Bill Clinton’s second campaign in 1996. Republican Senator Martha McSally conceded Kelly the election in November, leaving Kelly to fill the remainder of the term. left behind by the death of Arizona Senator John McCain.

At a hearing in Phoenix, Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed Arizona’s voting process was riddled with fraud and called on members of the state legislature not to ignore the election results.

Ducey announced Arizona’s certification results in a ceremony Monday. “In addition to the certification, Senator-elect Mark Kelly winning the general election,” he said, “I will sign the official documentation today which will be hand-delivered to the Secretary of the United States Senate so that the new Arizona senator can be sworn in. in the office as quickly as possible. “

Trump has expressed disdain for Ducey’s remarks in light of his campaign’s election fraud allegations. “Why is he rushing to put a Democrat in power, especially when so many horrible things about voter fraud come to light in the ongoing hearing right now,” the president tweeted on Monday. “@OANN What’s going on with @dougducey? Republicans will remember this for a long time!”

Newsweek contacted Ducey’s office for comment.

Trump’s lawyers called Arizona’s election fraudulent, but Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Monday the state “had an extremely well-run election and saw turnout. historically high electoral “.

Giuliani told Arizona lawmakers on Monday that Ducey and Hobbs had turned a blind eye to “the facts” of election manipulation in their state. “I don’t know who makes the choice in your state of who should count your votes,” Giuliani said. “But I know this person is either extremely naive or a lot worse.

Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that widespread election fraud caused Biden to win. Giuliani and members of Trump’s legal team exposed Trump’s claims, citing suspected cases of spurious ballots and voting machines programmed to turn votes cast for Trump into Biden votes.

According to the Associated Press, Kelly defeated McSally with 51.2% of the popular vote. McSally got 48.8% of the vote. With Kelly’s victory, Arizona’s two seats in the US Senate are expected to be filled by Democrats. Arizona’s current senior senator, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, took office in January 2019.