Arizona Republicans have gone total MAGA with their 2022 midterms nominees, choosing far-right conspiracy theorists who include gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem — both of whom are supported by former President Donald Trump, and both of whom have promoted the false and thoroughly debunked claim that the United States' 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. Finchem's MAGA supporters include not only Trump, but also, "War Room" host and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. And according to the Daily Beast's Sam Brodey, those MAGA Republicans are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the type of conspiracy theorists the Finchem campaign has been associating with.
Finchem's far-right allies, according to Brodey, have ranged from QAnon supporters to Nicole Nogrady — a 39-year-old photographer, massage therapist and former actress who is big on "truther" conspiracy theories. Nogrady, Brodey reports, recently co-hosted a fundraiser for Arizona State Rep. Finchem in Newport Beach, California, and she is both a Sandy Hook "truther" and a 9/11 "truther."
