Shock Video Shows Arizona GOP Official Threatening to ‘Lynch’ Election Officer Who Said 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen

Jamie FreveleJun 24th, 2024, 1:38 pm
 
Shelby Busch

@stephen_richer on Twitter/X

Stephen Richer, the Arizona Republican who was booed by a crowd for saying he didn’t think the 2020 election was stolen, uncovered a more disturbing response to his statement.

On his personal Twitter/X account, Richer — who is the Maricopa County Recorder — posted a video featuring a woman he identified as Shelby Busch. He further described her as “second-in-command for the Maricopa County Republican Committee” and a former “advisor” to failed Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake — who is now running for U.S. Senate.

In the video, Busch talks about “unity” and what she would do if Richer came near her:

But let’s pretend that this gentleman over here was running for county recorder. And he’s a good Christian man that believes what we believe. We can work with that, right? That’s that’s unity. That’s saying, hey, we’re going to shake hands and we’re going to agree that we’re going to run a good Christian foundation campaign, and we’re going to treat each other well, and we’re going to get through this together.

Right? That’s unity. But if Stephen Richer walked in this room, I would lynch him. I don’t unify with people who don’t believe in the principles we believe in and the American cause that founded this country. And so I want to make that clear when we talk about what it means to unify.

Richer wrote on Twitter/X: “Interesting choice of words. Not, ‘I’d kick his butt,’ or ‘I’d kill him.’ But ‘lynch.’ Why does that word roll off her tongue given its historical context? She says this after talking about good Christian values.”

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