Copper State Chaos: Price-Hiking Chaos, I Want Problems, and It’s a Yes or No Question

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos:

PRICE-HIKING CHAOS: This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional abuses of power that actually belong to Congress. Trump responded by imposing a 10 percent global tariff for 150 days, that only Congress can extend. Not only did Andy Biggs and David Schweikert vote against bipartisan efforts to lower costs twice, but they also voted to prevent Congress from having the authority to legislate tariffs because they will do anything for Trump’s approval, even when it means selling out Arizonans. Biggs called Trump’s tariffs a “brilliant economic strategy,” and Schweikert even boasted about “doing the calculations” to help design these cost-hiking taxes. 

I DON’T WANT PEACE… I WANT PROBLEMS: Just days after Karrin Taylor Robson dropped out of the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary and Andy Biggs’ campaign called for unity, he and David Schweikert are already trading attacks, proving this race is anything but unified. In an interview on 12 News last week, Schweikert wasted no time attacking Biggs, accusing him of running on “past resentments.” Meanwhile, Biggs’ allies have intensified the attacks on Schweikert, filing a campaign finance complaint against him for his questionable transfer of money from his federal account to his gubernatorial campaign.

IT’S A YES OR NO QUESTION: In the same interview on 12 News last week, David Schweikert refused to answer a straightforward question: Did Donald Trump lose Arizona in 2020? Instead of giving a simple yes or no, Schweikert claimed he only knew the results “from [his] district” and said he didn’t have “polling on the rest of the state.” But Schweikert has already shown he stands with election deniers by refusing to certify the 2020 election results. He stayed silent as members of his party vilified election officials, including recently refusing to condemn the raid on a Georgia election office. Meanwhile, Schweikert's primary opponent, Andy Biggs, has spent his time scheming to overturn the will of Arizona voters and helping plan the January 6 rally that led to the violent attack on the Capitol. Biggs allegedly sought a pardon for his role in the January 6 attack and refused to comply with a congressional subpoena.

That’s all for Copper State Chaos this week. Thanks for reading – we’ll be back next week to keep tabs on the chaos. Have a great weekend!

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