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Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak: In Arizona, a crackpot gets promoted and underscores the danger to democracy

Meet Wendy Rogers.

Her political credentials include antisemitism, a hyperactive promotion of outlandish conspiracy theories, a fondness for the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Vladimir Putin, and consorting with the outspoken racist and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

In a well-earned rebuke, Rogers was censured by colleagues in Arizona's state Senate last year after calling for her political foes to be hanged. The vote was bipartisan and overwhelming.

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