In a statement to POLITICO Tuesday, the Republican leader said her remark “was a joke.”
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is running for reelection against two main opponents in the July 30 Republican primary. | Matt York/APA Republican in Arizona’s largest county threatened to “lynch” the top county election official during a public event three months ago, according to a newly unearthed video clip circulating on social media.. In it, Maricopa Republican Party Vice Chair Shelby Busch points to one of Richer’s reelection campaign opponents and calls him a “good Christian man.
The remark was made during a March 20 campaign event in Mesa, Ariz., for Republican Jerone Davison, who is running for a U.S. House seat, and was firstRicher was made aware of the video of Busch’s remark over the weekend. He told POLITICO that he has not received any outreach or apology from her since the video made it online.
Busch’s comments drew condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix, which noted that Richer is Jewish and condemned
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