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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Brian Osgood

Despite setbacks, election denial continues to thrive in Republican Party

Election workers process ballots for the 2024 election at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 5 [Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters]

Phoenix, Arizona – For nearly three decades, Buster Johnson served with little fanfare as a member of the Board of Supervisors in Mohave County, a deep-red section of western Arizona.

Even as former President Donald Trump pushed the false claim that widespread fraud was to blame for his loss in the 2020 election, the idea that such malfeasance had taken place in Mohave seemed laughable: Trump had carried the county by more than 50 points.

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