The Power of Fringe Politics

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R), who recently spoke at a white nationalist conference, proves “the political and financial incentives of going to extremes,” the Washington Post reports.

“After losing her earliest races as a mainstream Republican, she moved farther and farther right until she beat an incumbent by campaigning as the more conservative choice. Now, after a year of fanning bogus allegations about election fraud and other false claims, she is the most successful fundraiser in the Arizona state legislature.”

“She raised nearly $2.5 million in 2021, outraising even statewide candidates for governor, attorney general and secretary of state… Nearly $2 million of that money came from small donations from outside Arizona as she traveled the U.S. calling for the 2020 election to be overturned and demanding audits of the vote without credible evidence of fraud.”