Sunday, May 07, 2023

Republican says he has PTSD from election denier threats over the 2020 election

Caveat: I'm not a fan of Gates or the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, but I don't wish PTSD on anyone.


From Business Insider -

An Arizona GOP official relentlessly threatened by election deniers after the 2020 presidential race says he has PTSD

A Republican official in Arizona revealed that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after election deniers targeted him and his family as a result of the 2020 presidential race.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Bill Gates, the current chair of the influential Maricopa County Board of Supervisors — which has jurisdiction over one of the most politically-competitive counties in the United States — spoke of the challenges that he faced as a result of backing the integrity of the countywide vote in 2020.


Kari Lake, a failed AZ gubernatorial candidate and one of AZ's biggest election deniers, diminishes Gates by retweeting thing that deride the WaPo article as a "puff piece."














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