.MaddowBlog: When it comes to the Arizona Republicans' election 'audit,' we were reminded yesterday that this dumpster fire is clearly more pitiful than powerful.
At Donald Trump's rally in Alabama over the weekend, there was a point at which the former president not only assured his followers that his election conspiracy theories are true, he alsoNearly 10 months after the Republican's defeat, there is still no such evidence, and he didn't specify what kind of substantiation he believes is"starting to come out.
It's worth appreciating how we arrived at this point. As Rachel explained on last night's show, it was in April when Republican state senators, unmoved by the official election results and the findings of independent audits, thought it'd be a good idea to hand over Maricopa County's ballots and election equipment to a Florida-based outfit called Cyber Ninjas, led by a conspiracy theorist associated with the QAnon delusion.
As the outlandish review proceeded -- who can forget the bizarre search for bamboo fibers? -- we were told a final report would be available late last week. Then we were told to expect it yesterday. And while this was obviously horrible news, among the reasons this was so extraordinary was that this was the first public acknowledgement that a five-person audit team actually exists. Despite the fact that proponents of this ridiculous process have claimed the review is all about"Who comprises this five-person audit team, and what qualifications do they bring to the table? There are no answers to such questions because we still don't know who they are.