Buster Johnson, a lifelong Republican in Mohave County, describes how election denialism took hold despite Trump winning the county by over 50 points, suggesting it's eroding trust in the system.
Johnson attempted to explain to voters that the demand for hand-counting ballots was misguided, stating, 'This kind of thing never happened before 2020,' highlighting the unusualness of the current climate.
The rise of election denialism has pressured officials like Johnson to support measures like hand-counting, even when they're error-prone and costly, reflecting a broader Republican trend since Trump’s 2020 defeat.
With Buster Johnson’s primary loss to Sonny Borrelli, who endorsed Trump’s election fraud claims, it illustrates how severely the narrative around election integrity has shifted in the GOP since 2020.
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