
Republicans draw inspiration from problem-plagued Arizona audit
CNN
Arizona's problem-ridden audit has inspired Republicans elsewhere to push for reviews in their own states as the party continues to hold up former President Donald Trump's lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Members of the party are making political pilgrimages to the state. This week, a small group of Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers visited Arizona's auditors and the state senators who commissioned the review of the 2.1 million ballots cast in last year's election in Maricopa County. Two Trump allies, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Matt Gaetz of Florida, recently held a rally there. And Michael Flynn, Trump's short-lived national security adviser who has long embraced a host of pro-Trump conspiracy theories and last weekend appeared to tout a military coup to restore Trump to power, has produced a movie at the Arizona audit site alleging fraud along with Trump supporter Patrick Byrne.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











