McCain was responding to Jake Tapper, host of CNN's "State of the Union," who asked if the Arizona Republican Party is undermining democracy by recounting nearly 2.1 million presidential races and U.S. Senate race ballots in Maricopa County.
“The election is over. Biden won,” she said. “I know many of them don’t like the outcome. But, you know, elections have consequences. This does not surprise me. Things are just aloof and crazy out there right now with regards to the election."
McCain had made her distaste for Trump clear, and she publicly endorsed Joe Biden in the November race, saying it was the first time in her life she voted for a Democrat. Now she’s taking aim at a move by Arizona Republicans to audit the 2020 election results.
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"The whole thing is ludicrous, quite frankly, it's ludicrous," McCain replied. "This also comes from a state party in Arizona that refused to be audited themselves on votes that were cast within their own party communications."
In March, Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, was sued by Republican activists on account of refusing to allow an audit of results and procedures challenging her win in January.
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Ward has promoted the Maricopa County audit launched last week as a way to promote election integrity. The process is being overseen by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based technology company, and cost taxpayers $150,000. Unknown donors are also funding the effort.
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Company founder Doug Logan was part of a team that reportedly found errors designed to create fraud in voting machines used in Antrim County, Michigan. Logan spread these unfounded allegations of fraud via Twitter, using a now-deleted account.
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In addition to recounting ballots by hand, auditors are also running them under an ultraviolet light, a practice some claim is to prove a conspiracy theory about "real" ballots having been watermarked.
The audit may take longer than the projected May 14 deadline. Election security experts have called for federal monitoring of the process.
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Biden carried Arizona with 49.4% vs. 49.1% for former President Donald Trump. A national coalition of election security officials released a statement shortly after Election Day stating the general election was "the most secure in American history."
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“The state has been an obsession for Trump ever since Election Night,” notes Politico. The Washington Post recently reported that the former president “has become fixated” on the audit. “He talks about it constantly,” one unnamed source said. Trump is particularly interested in the use of UV lights to scrutinize ballots. “Watch Arizona. Some very interesting things are happening in Arizona,” Trump tells Mar-a-Lago guests in a video that was posted on social media.
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