No analysis of the predicates for today's GOP is adequate without the context of the NeoConfederates who have passed on their forefathers' grudge about losing the Civil War, and the prominent place that Arizona plays in that. See also AZ Governor Ev Mecham. ♲ qoto.org/@bibliolater/11299559…
@bibliolater He became quite legendary in his time for being elected despite his use of such words as "pickaninny" --there was even a stage play written based on him: "The Guv". Arizona is where the only way you can get voted into office is for the Neoconfederates to support you, and they did. And they're still out there in their paramilitary groups.