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The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in New York

‘I’d vote for him again’: Bowers backs Trump despite denouncing ‘big lie’

Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, testified that the effects of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election were ‘horrendous’.
Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, testified that the effects of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election were ‘horrendous’. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

Rusty Bowers, the Arizona Republican House speaker who made national headlines describing his refusal to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election, has said he will vote for Trump again if he runs for president in 2024.

“If he is the nominee, if he was up against [Joe] Biden, I’d vote for him again,” Bowers told the Associated Press. “Simply because what he did the first time, before Covid, was so good for the country. In my view it was great.”

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