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Arizona Republican elected officials have reacted to the siege at the U.S. Capitol by blaming, and this is not a comprehensive list, Democrats, Doug Ducey, other Republicans, Antifa, and Congress.

Here's a look back at the last 24 hours in tweets...

 In this tweet, @RepGosar repeats baseless allegations that the presidential election was stolen and hints that leftists maybe had a role in the mob?
.@RepGosar reaction to the mob varied, depending on what platform you follow him on. @nickmartin points out the discrepancy between Gosar on Twitter and Gosar on conservative-friendly Parler.

https://t.co/Q8fkpChfYH
.@DebbieLesko condemned the violence at the Capitol...

https://t.co/yoJ8xI1Irc
Then objected to the certified presidential election results from her home state, Arizona, claiming an extended voter registration deadline (that courts allowed) was wrong.

https://t.co/yBOh8qIg1u
.@RepAndyBiggsAZ has spread plenty of misinformation about the election, rhetoric that helped inflame the mob yesterday.

He boasted he'd "lead the charge" and "FIGHT" for Trump supporters.

https://t.co/cTQ7v0Qrf3
After the siege, though, @RepAndyBiggsAZ condemned it, saying violence "should never be tolerated."

https://t.co/NIssOPxN0F
.@kelliwardaz has repeatedly, unsuccessfully, attempted to overturn the election results in court.

When that didn't work, the @AZGOP asked people if they were willing to give their lives for Trump.

https://t.co/ybBeosULcd
Wednesday morning, she urged he followers to fight.

https://t.co/OdeU5FN0zz
When a mob overran Congress, she echoed calls for state legislatures to conduct a do-over and send pro-Trump electors to Washington. (This would be ILLEGAL under Arizona law.)

https://t.co/6aOKQKpOe8
She warned her followers Wednesday morning that Democrats, who were supporting the normal procedure of counting electoral college votes certified by states, were putting county on a path "to the camps."

https://t.co/sL5Myba4l1
She retweeted claims that Antifa was responsible for the siege, despite known Trump supporters documenting their presence inside the Capitol.
.@kelliwardaz also blamed Democrats for refusing to turn over a host of voting materials in Maricopa County. Worth noting that a court has yet to decide if that demand, in form of a legislative audit, is even lawful.

https://t.co/KO42HwgzvB
The list goes on. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said the siege wasn't about Trump, but (4 years later) still about "the Hillary Clintons."

https://t.co/TPZXO0Cf0i
State senator-elect @WendyRogersAZ echoed boasts that Wednesday was the new "1776." When violence descended on the Capitol, she blamed 1) Antifa, 2) Democrats...

https://t.co/kApYIo9xmi
...and 3) Congress, who she directly blamed for the death of a Trump supporter who was at the U.S. Capitol.

https://t.co/kMDE3Wv5eb
Arizona state representative @MarkFinchem was in DC at the protest. He blamed the violence on Congress refusal to acknowledge "rampant" (baseless claim) "fraud."

https://t.co/cpRXFLApt4
Former GOP lawmaker @AdamKwasman called for Finchem to be expelled from the Arizona Legislature for his actions Wednesday.

https://t.co/xXPVVYv7yZ
In response, @MarkFinchem claimed he never actually entered the U.S. Capitol, and also pinned blame for the siege on... Antifa.

https://t.co/XqOybJqznh
AZ Congressman @RubenGallego called for the Capitol Police to investigate Finchem's actions on Wednesday.

https://t.co/I3ROJnzPY1
State rep. @KellyTownsend11 blamed @dougducey for not calling the GOP-controlled Legislature back to the state capitol so they could examine election results that have already been certified by Republicans and Democrats.

https://t.co/3xdJijKxbe
On Facebook, state rep. Vince Leach (if you're one of the few people he hasn't blocked on Twitter, you're in rare company) says there's a better way to affect change than a siege: At the ballot box.

https://t.co/OgVJTvU1ac
State rep. @anthonykernAZ, like @MarkFinchem, was also in DC yesterday.

He posted a photo from Trump's pre-siege rally comparing the day to D-Day, the seaborne invasion of Normandy during WWII.

https://t.co/7WHnZCboqt
Kern would later call out @SenSchumer for comparing the siege on the U.S. Capitol to Pearl Harbor.

https://t.co/YnGtZEoYhA
As @BorderReporter notes, Rep. Debbie Lesko's role in spreading misinformation about the election have a lot to do with why people are, as she put it, "at a breaking point."

https://t.co/RtlSjFMxwM

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