Attorney General Kris Mayes did nothing wrong by merely stating Arizona law. She is right that unidentified masked men breaking in could be mistaken for intruders. Much like Senator Kelly, she is stating the law. The baldly political pearl-clutching make Finchem, Hoffman, and especially Petersen, who is running against her, look like the mountain-from-a-molehill people they always are.
ICE is dangerous, and we can see that from the Minnesota killings. Mayes is allowed to talk about the law. It’s her job. All these hissy fits are pure theatre. Mayes was in no way calling for the endangerment of officers in any uniform. The insanity is saying that talking about our laws should be illegal.
Joe Clure of the Arizona Police Association says, “she can try to wordsmith that…”. No, Mayes spoke clearly. The wordsmithing, twisting, and gaslighting are on the part of Republicans. It is madness to have a law, then say it is impeachable to dare to speak of it.
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Christi Driggs
Northwest side
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