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NEW: Election Denier Andy Biggs Still Refuses to Say That Gov. Hobbs Beat Kari Lake in 2022

NEW: Election Denier Andy Biggs Still Refuses to Say That Gov. Hobbs Beat Kari Lake in 2022

Andy Biggs - who was a major player in the 2020 fake elector scheme, refused to comply with a subpoena, and asked Trump for a pardon - is taking his election denialism to new extremes by still refusing to say that Gov. Katie Hobbs beat Kari Lake in 2022.

When Biggs was asked by KTAR today who won in 2022, instead of answering the question, he pandered to Kari Lake style conspiracies saying, "The reality is Katie Hobbs sits in the governor's chair right now. I think every court has said she won […] So, I'm telling you I think she's the governor and I don't think anybody's questioning that she's not the governor." In May, Biggs previously "wouldn't say" when asked the same question.

Biggs' extremism is becoming too much for even Republicans to handle, including Former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who said "enough" with the "nonsense," and "It's really not that hard" to answer who won the 2022 election.

This comes after USA Today reported earlier this week, "asked three times about the 2020 election outcome, the five-term congressman told USA TODAY he wouldn't be pitted against Trump, who remains wedded to the unsubstantiated allegations."

"Andy Biggs is spending the first week of the general election dodging questions and focusing on attacking Arizona's elections," said DGA Communications Director Sam Newton. "Arizonans are already hurting from Andy Biggs' votes to raise costs and are even more tired of this old playbook of lies - just look at his fellow Republicans who are calling him out."

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