>>> LORI ROBERTS IS A COLUMNIST
FOR THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
NEWSPAPER.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE TITLE OF
HER LATEST COLUMN TODAY.
S THIS ABOUT REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN PAUL GOSAR AND NEW
INDICATIONS HE HAS PLANNED A
FUNDRAISER AT THE END OF THIS
WEEK WITH A WHITE NATIONALIST.
LITERALLY A FAR RIGHT ACTIVIST
THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE CREATION
OF AN ALL WHITES HOMELAND.
THE LATEST COLUMN IS PAUL GOSAR
IS GOING FULL-ON WHITE NATIONAL
SBIS THE REPUBLICAN PARTYS SIGH
ENS IS -- NOT SURPRISING.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME TO
BE HERE.
>> HI.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF US
LOOKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE AT
THIS PHENOMENON AND WHATS GOING
ON WITH REPUBLICANS IN ARIZONA
RIGHT NOW ARE SEEING TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THE AUDIT, THE SO-CALLED
AUDIT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
RESULTS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE
HAVING A -- ITS CERTAINLY
MAKING NATIONAL WAVES.
THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING.
POLLING OUT THAT VOTERS IN
ARIZONA MIGHT BE TURNED OFF BY
THAT, BUT THEN THERES THIS
EMERGING STORY FROM PAUL GOSAR.
WE HAVE A DIRECT PARALLEL.
FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
STEVE KICK WHO WAS EFFECTIVELY
DRUMMED OUT OF THE PARTY FOR
STUFF LIKE THIS, YET CONGRESSMAN
GOSAR HASNT SEEMED TO FACE ANY
CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS STUFF AT
ALL.
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN
ARIZONA, DO YOU HAVE AN
EXPLANATION FOR THOSE OF US IN A
NATIONAL AUDIENCE AS TO HOW
THESE THINGS FIT TOGETHER AND
HOW THEYRE GOING TO WORK OUT?
>> WELL, ILL JUST SAY THIS IS
ARIZONA.
ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY.
CONGRESSMAN GOSAR IS FROM OUR
MOST CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT IN
THE STATE.
BUT HE FLIES UNDER THE RADAR A
LOT BECAUSE HES FROM A RURAL
AREA AND HE REALLY DOESNT HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF POWER IN CONGRESS
SO I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SORT OF IGNORE HIM FOR A
WHILE.
BUT I THINK ITS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
FIRST HE APPEARS, AS YOU SAID,
AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, THE ONLY
SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO DO
SO.
THEN HE TRIES TO FORM AN AMERICA
FIRST CAUCUS WITH REPRESENTATIVE
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE.
WHICH HE BACKED OFF OF ONCE HE
FOUND OUT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
ABOUT SAVING AMERICA ONE ANGLO
SAX ON AT A TIME.
NOW WE HAVE THE FUNDRAISER WHICH
HES SAYING ISNT TRUE, ISNT
HAPPENING, BUT NICK CERTAINLY
THINKS THAT IT IS.
HE WAS ON HIS PODCAST OR LIVE
STREAM, WHATEVER IT, IS LAST
NIGHT SAYING IT WILL BE FRIDAY
AS PART OF HIS WHITE BOY SUMMER
TOUR.
IT LISTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, HOW
TO DONATE TO REPRESENTATIVE
GOSARS CAMPAIGN, SO AS MY MOM
ONCE TOLD ME, YOURE KNOWN BY
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.
>> HMM.
THE ARIZONA AUDIT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN COVERING.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COVERING FROM A NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS INTERESTING
TO SEE THE NEW POLLING RELEASED
TODAY.
IT WAS WRITTEN UP AT
POLITICO.COM SAYING AMONG
ARIZONA VOTERS BROADLY, A
POLITICIAN SUPPORTING THAT AUDIT
ACTUALLY LOSES THEIR CHANCE OF
BEING ELECTED OR RE-ELECTED
BY --I IT WAS AN 11-POINT
MARGIN, ARIZONA VOTERS WOULD BE
LESS LIKELY TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY
IN SUPPORT OF AUDIT THAN
SOMEBODY NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE
AUDIT.
I HAVE TO WONDER IF THATS GOING
TO BE A SOBERING EFFECT AT ALL.
>> NO.
>> NO, BECAUSE IF YOURE A
REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN
THIS STATE, YOU MUST SUPPORT THE
AUDIT.
YOU MUST SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
AND IF YOU DONT, YOURE NOT
GOING TO GET OUT OF A REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY.
THE FACT THAT YOURE NOT GOING
TO WIN A GENERAL DOESNT SEEM TO
MATTER TO THESE PEOPLE.
WHETHER THEYRE IN DENIAL OR IT
JUST DOESNT MATTER.
THE MONEY KEEPS COMING IN.
RED MEAT KEEPS GOING OUT.
THEYRE ALL BECOMING MORE WELL
KNOWN.
KELLY WARD, OUR OWN STATE
REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRWOMAN IS
NOW A NATIONAL FIGURE.
THEYRE ALL GETTING SOMETHING
OUT OF IT.
BUT I THINK THERES GOING TO BE
A HUGE BLOW BACK FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, A HUGE
RECKONING COMING IN 2022.
>> LORI ROBERTS, COLUMNIST FOR
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS TONIGHT.
I FEEL LIKE WERE ALL VERY MUCH
DEPENDENT ON YOU AND OTHER CLOSE