well, finchem did not give up on overturning the election. after the insurrection failed, the fraudulent audit in arizona spent more than $400,000 to hire off-duty police officers as security, and they paid that money to -- drumroll, please, a non-profit created by none other than mark finchem. state representative. he's now, by the way, running for secretary of state in arizona. yesterday mark finchem picked up a big endorsement from the man he's worked to keep in power against the will of the people, donald trump. trump called finchem a patriot, praised his, quote, incredibly powerful stance on voter fraud that took place during the 2020 presidential election scam. now, the position of arizona secretary of state is currently held by this one. you've seen her on our program probably, democrat katey hobb sfs who was stalwart in protecting the people of her state. but what happens if you run in an election in arizona with mark finchem operating, supervising the machinery of elections in this state? well, first of all i've got to say it would b

finchem was a featured speaker at the rally in washington before the capitol attack, a warm-up for the bigger gathering at which trump himself spoke. he said at that gathering, quote, when you steal something, that's not really a win. that's a fraud. one of finchem's competitors for the nomination for secretary of state in arizona is a state representative named shawna bollock. she has proposed a law that would empower the republican legislature to overrule the straight secretary of state certification of popular state results in the state of arizona. the republican-controlled legislature could overrule the certification of who won the election and just declare who they themselves thought won the election. reuters somewhat dryly calls this, quote, a drastic change in how america chooses presidents. yeah, you think? a state votes for the republican candidate for president but democrats control the state legislature and so democrats who control the state legislature are huh-uh, we're not counting that. we're saying the state picked the democrat. or vice versa. republicans control the sta