Laws don't matter to GOPers, they just ignore them, and get a deal (free pass?) if called on it

Cheeto and his mini-me (and others) can speechify at the Charlie Kirk Memorial Tent Meeting all they want, but I'm going to honor him another way.

From AZMirror, written by Caitlin Sievers, dated 9/17/2025 -

GOP ex-lawmaker, Turning Point Action leader, offered plea deal in petition signature forgery case

Former Arizona legislator Austin Smith has been offered a plea deal in a multiple-felony criminal case that alleges he personally forged numerous voter signatures on his own petitions for reelection. 

Smith was indicted in June by a Maricopa County grand jury on four felony counts for presenting documents he knew were forged to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, in addition to 10 misdemeanor counts for personally forging the names of electors on his reelection petitions.

The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature. 

The tie-in to Kirk?

At the time, Smith was an employee of Kirk's organization.

From the website of Turning Point Action -

The case number in Maricopa County Superior Court is CR2025-007007-001.

A candidate demonstrates that he's utterly unfit for office

...And for once, I'm not talking about Cheeto. 

From The White Mountain Independent, written Suzanne Adams-Okrassa -

Candidate for Navajo County Recorder cited in road rage incident

A candidate for the Navajo County Recorder’s Office was cited after an alleged road rage incident on Oct. 23.

According to Show Low Police reports, Timothy Jordan, 46, of Lakeside was cited for suspicion of disorderly conduct-noise, disorderly conduct with a weapon, false reporting to law enforcement and reckless driving.

I was going to specify to specify which party the candidate belongs to, but truth be told, his behavior  is unacceptable for anyone, regardless of partisan affiliation.  If a reader *really* must know it, Navajo County has a list of their county-level candidates here.

Of course, regardless of partisan affiliation, getting arrested just before an election is probably not a good idea.  Especially when the opposing candidate is also the incumbent.