Circular firing squad: Pence and Trump campaign in AZ for opposing slates

From CNN -

The proxy fight between Trump and Pence continues with Arizona rallies

Former President Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence held dueling events Friday in Arizona, turning the state's upcoming Republican primary for governor into a proxy fight between the two former allies as they inch toward what could be a 2024 showdown.

The Arizona race is the latest test of Republican voters' priorities, as they decide between a candidate who has built her campaign around Trump's election lies and one who more closely reflects Pence's desire to steer the GOP's focus away from relitigating 2020 and toward conservative policies.

Pence attended two events Friday with Karrin Taylor Robson, the former Arizona Board of Regents member who has become the GOP establishment favorite in the governor's race and is endorsed by term-limited Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.

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Trump, meanwhile, campaigned with a slate of candidates who have parroted his lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election -- led by Kari Lake, a former local television news anchor who Ducey said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" is "misleading voters with no evidence."

Also part of that Trump ticket are Senate candidate Blake Masters, who is seeking to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in a race that is crucial in the battle for control of the Senate, as well as secretary of state contender Mark Finchem and attorney general hopeful Abe Hamadeh.

My guess is that neither side really objects to the circular nature of their firing squad...so long as the people who disagree with them are hit first.

Also, it's probably no accident that neither side invited Congressman Ronny Jackson, a former doctor to Cheeto.  He probably wouldn't hit the other side, as his aim would be a little off.

From The Daily Beast on July 18, 2022 -

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