Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey addresses local law enforcement officials at the Border Patrol station in Nogales, Ariz. on Thursday February 09, 2017. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Eliza Collins reports in The Wall Street Journal that the Arizona Republican Party is considering the censure of Gov. Doug Ducey, former Senator Jeff Flake, and wife of the late Senator John McCain. Collins writes (abridged):
The Arizona Republican Party will vote next week on a measure that would censure GOP Gov. Doug Ducey, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, the latest sign of infighting in the state party.
The resolutions, which if passed would express disapproval but have no formal consequences, come as the state GOP is distancing itself from many of the Republican Party’s longtime establishment figures. The three censure resolutions easily passed the party’s resolution committee and will be brought before the entire state committee on Jan. 23.
The proposed censures for each person refer to what some party members say is executive overreach by Mr. Ducey in his response to the pandemic, Mrs. McCain’s support for same-sex marriage, and Mrs. McCain’s and Mr. Flake’s endorsements of President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 election, among other things.
