Republican Arizona mayor endorses Harris, rebukes Trump: 'Choosing country over party'
USA TODAY
James Powel and Robert Anglen, USA TODAY
July 29, 2024 at 8:47 PM
The Republican mayor of a Phoenix suburb endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday, invoking the name of Arizona political titan John McCain.
Mesa mayor John Giles endorsed the vice president in an opinion column in The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network. In the endorsement, Giles strongly rebuked his party's nominee, saying: "This year too much is at stake to vote Republican at the top of the ticket."
"Since Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, Republicans have yet to course correct," Giles wrote. "In the spirit of the late Sen. John McCain’s motto, 'Country First,' I call on other Arizona Republicans to join me in choosing country over party this election and to vote against Donald Trump."
Giles pointed to federal infrastructure funds appropriated to Mesa under President Joe Biden and Harris as a reason to vote for the vice president, adding that she's "the competent, just and fair leader our country deserves."
Election denial, subversion themes in endorsement
Giles wrote that Arizona has faced the brunt of Republican attempts to subvert the 2020 election results.
"The Grand Canyon State is ground zero in the fight against repeated false claims to disrupt our electoral process − from fake presidential electors attempting to undermine Arizona’s election, to a sham 'audit' by Arizona Senate Republicans that was spurred by conspiracy theories," Giles wrote.
The Republican-held state Senate held a since-discredited "audit" of the 2020 election results, resulting in a two-year legal battle between The Arizona Republic, the Senate, and Cyber Ninjas, the firm tasked with conducting the audit. The newspaper sought to force the disclosure of emails, texts and other documents related to the audit.
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