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The Republican Party in Arizona is still trying to push forward the thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump really won reelection. In reality, President-elect Joe Biden defeated Trump with record numbers, garnering over 7 million more votes and 74 more electoral votes.
They have tried to paint their efforts to overturn the will of the voters as patriotic, rather than undemocratic. As a part of this propaganda campaign, the President is often depicted as a man in the ideological lineage of the founding fathers.
On Monday night, the Arizona GOP decided to take this depiction to new artistic heights.
https://t.co/nwpBk3SnYm— Republican Party of Arizona (@Republican Party of Arizona) 1609199287.0
Here it is in all its majestic glory.
@AZGOP/Twitter
While the intent of the painting was to depict the President as a true heir to American revolutionary patriotism, others saw something else in it.
The Arizona Republican Party tweets out a portrait of Trump grasping a gun dressed like Benedict Arnold. This is so… https://t.co/deAZe73rO0— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1609264466.0
Donald trump should replace Benedict Arnold in history as America's most reviled traitor.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1609254158.0
@AZGOP OMG. Benedict Arnold. You nailed it!— Tina Bobina (@Tina Bobina) 1609264130.0
Trump's remaining supporters tried to dress him up like an American war figure, but they picked Benedict Arnold bec… https://t.co/OpEPewKO9B— Palmer Report (@Palmer Report) 1609257049.0
I can make a pretty good argument that Benedict Arnold's actions were more justifiable than Donald Trump*s. The le… https://t.co/i4TaYYk1zs— Mark Judson For Congress - Scorched Earth Dem 2022 (@Mark Judson For Congress - Scorched Earth Dem 2022) 1609253084.0
Donald trump should replace Benedict Arnold in history as America's most reviled traitor.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1609254158.0
How ironic that Donald Trump's supporters dressed him up just like the man whose name is synonymous with being a tr… https://t.co/hklIJm7SaZ— Grant Stern is fully vaccinated (@Grant Stern is fully vaccinated) 1609255526.0
@DanRather But there is a difference between Benedict Arnold and @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/9ApPp4IloN— Trickracee (@Trickracee) 1609266791.0
Others felt Arizona GOP sharing the painting was just unhinged.
@MollyJongFast @AZGOP When I lived in Arizona in the 1980s-90s, I was a Republican and we had sane GOP elected lead… https://t.co/S5Ym36C3nd— Pierre Atlas (@Pierre Atlas) 1609267362.0
Please stop. https://t.co/w1yilIgi3v— Meghan McCain (@Meghan McCain) 1609263450.0
@Grannytologist @MeghanMcCain All you have to do is look at the type of person who admires Trump, He has always app… https://t.co/50Xmd8UcNR— Efilnikufesin (@Efilnikufesin) 1609272499.0
@thor_benson @AZGOP It’s all fun and games until they’re forced to drink the KoolAid. https://t.co/lOLEr9Dwbb— Melinda D. (@Melinda D.) 1609205665.0
And of course, there was a good amount of snark to go around.
There were fish in the barrel and the Arizona GOP handed Twitter a gun.
President-elect Biden is going to have a very full plate when he takes office on January 20th.