A candidate endorsed by Donald Trump in Arizona GOP primary because he supported his baseless claims of voter fraud, is already questioning the results of the midterm elections before a single vote is cast.
Blake Masters is already questioning the legitimacy of the 2022 midterm election results ahead of the Arizona GOP primary next month, according to CNN.
“Whatever their cheating capacity is, I’m pretty sure they pulled out all the stops,” Masters said at a campaign stop on June 30. “And the question is, will that happen again?”
Masters will face off in next month’s primary against businessman Jim Lamon, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and retired Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire. The winner will face Democratic senator Mark Kelly.
Masters told the audience that his father urged him not to run because even if he won by 30,000 votes, “they’ll find 40,000 for Mark Kelly.”
“I think there’s always cheating, probably, in every election,” Masters said. “The question is what’s the cheating capacity.”
Trump also raised doubts about the election back in June when he called to endorse him, Master said.
“I remember when President Trump called to endorse me he said, ‘Blake, you’re great, you’re going to be a star, you’re going to win, you’re going to beat Mark Kelly — if you can get a fair election,'” Masters told the audience.
Even if Masters wins the primary, his embrace of the ‘big lie’ could hurt him in the general election.
“A vast majority of the unaffiliated and independent voters do not believe that there is significant fraud that impacted the outcome of the election,” Paul Bentz, a veteran Phoenix-based pollster said. “Masters, and others who go down this election fraud route, will struggle to obtain support from those audiences in the general election.”
“It’s not a winning general election strategy,” he added.
