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Twitter reacts to the pure madness that was Arizona’s Republican main for governor debate

July 3, 2022

On Thursday, 4 Arizona Republicans duked it out in a gubernatorial debate that may solely be described as clowns making an attempt to out-clown one another on stay TV.

Candidates Karrin Taylor Robson, Scott Neely, Paola Tulliani Zen, and Kari Lake gathered to make their pitch to voters, who will solid ballots to exchange Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who’s term-limited and can’t run once more, within the Aug. 2 main. The one televised debate of the first election appeared like much less of a possibility to handle the issues of voters and extra of a possibility for the candidates to trash each other.

A spotlight reel from Twitter person @endajodwod featured some alternative quotes from the candidates, rife with infantile interruptions.

“God they speak over me and I am Italian, that should not occur,” Tulliani Zen says. Earlier than she will be able to end her subsequent sentence, she’s interrupted by Neely who replies, “I am Irish.”

Different alternative quotes embody Lake, a former nightly information anchor for FOX 10 in Arizona, stating that “200,000 ballots had been trafficked [into Arizona] by mules,” a declare that has been extensively debunked by auditors and Maricopa County officers. Later within the video, after arguments about election fraud in 2020, Lake says she “seems like I am in an SNL skit,” which many Arizonans most likely want had been the case. Then Neely, who owns a concrete provide enterprise in Mesa, notes “I have never been on a stage with this many ladies since I have been to a child bathe.” Yikes.

“I do not understand how that is gonna go over Scott however I am going to let that hold,” responded Ted Simons, the talk moderator, who appeared no less than reasonably self-aware.

Reactions on Twitter ranged from disgust to horror and so they got here from voices on the left and proper.

Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator

Alyssa Farah Griffin, White Home director of strategic communications and former assistant to President Trump

Meghan McCain

Mike Murphy, Republican political marketing consultant

Don Moynihan, Georgetown College professor

If there’s something to remove from all this, it is that it may very well be worse. Did you see Wyoming’s Republican main debate? Truly, on second thought, it’s a lot worse.