With early voting in Arizona already kicking off, the Trump campaign and the Arizona GOP has brought in a big gun to run their election integrity operation.
And that big gun is popular Trump supporter and attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who previously ran against Ronna McDaniel to be RNC Chair.
According to Trump’s campaign managers, Dhillon will “spearhead critical legal battles, stop the many attacks on the integrity of our elections, and lead our winning election integrity team to Protect the Vote.”
Here’s more via Axios:
The Arizona Republican Party brought in attorney and Trump loyalist Harmeet Dhillon to run its election integrity operation as early voting kicked off in the Grand Canyon State.
Dhillon’s new role could signal the Republicans’ intent to take a more aggressive approach to elections in Arizona, where election denialism has run rampant and former President Trump’s MAGA base has clamored for showdowns over election policies and procedures.
“She will spearhead critical legal battles, stop the many attacks on the integrity of our elections, and lead our winning election integrity team to Protect the Vote,” Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles and RNC and RNC co-chairs Lara Trump and Michael Whatley said in a press statement.
Early voting in Arizona began Wednesday.
The AZGOP, Republican National Committee and Trump campaign announced Tuesday night they’d launched an “unprecedented” election integrity program.
“We are committed to an honest and secure election system, that counts every legal vote properly. Arizonans, and Americans, deserve nothing less, and we are full steam ahead in our unprecedented dedication to Election Integrity,” AZGOP chair Gina Swoboda said.
Swoboda tells Axios that Dhillon’s new role shouldn’t necessarily be taken as a sign that Republicans will be more litigious or go on offense regarding election issues in Arizona, saying the party is taking “an aggressively defensive posture.”
She says Dhillon’s appointment is a sign that Trump knows how important Arizona is.
“As long as everybody’s being compliant, there’s nothing to worry about. But in the event that things start to go off-kilter, then we’ll take whatever actions necessary to secure the election,” Swoboda said.
