OPINION: Who Is Arizona’s SOS Katie Hobbs? Is It Me, Or Do Her Twitter Accounts Portray Multiple Personas?

I’ll admit, before the 2020 election, I had taken for granted that the average Secretary of State position was a non-partisan role. Now I know I was very naive about that.

A week ago, all the buzz in Arizona was about the Sharpies and how many votes were getting canceled out because of the Sharpie ink.

My first question when I read about the Sharpies upset was: Anyone with a high school diploma understands that they’ve never been able to take an ACT or SAT with a Sharpie, so how can Arizona poll workers handing out the Sharpies not consider that fact? My second thought was: Never go to a voting booth without your own pen.

Team Katie Hobbs in Arizona was quick to suppress the conspiracy theories about the Sharpies during and shortly after election day. Hobbs was quite busy addressing concerned citizens via her personal @katiehobbs and her SOS @SecretaryHobbs Twitter accounts.

If you’re concerned about your vote getting counted, here’s some important info. Also #WeCountAllTheBallots. Also this takes time and we are posting results as we get them from the counties. https://t.co/xfWtyvCFNI

— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) November 4, 2020

IMPORTANT: If you voted a regular ballot in-person, your ballot will be counted, no matter what kind of pen you used (even a Sharpie)! 1/

— Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) November 4, 2020

My office has been putting out information for months about how election processes work in the state & all we do to ensure security & fairness. If you haven’t been paying attention, that’s on you, but don’t show up when you don’t like the result & scream fraud w/no evidence.

— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) November 7, 2020

This week, Katie Hobbs is back in the news because of her Twitter.

Before I go on, I’d like to thank Al Gore and his creation of an Internet that is forever.

Not only is Katie Hobbs a Democrat, but she is also clearly a BLM Democrat. And in 2017, Katie Hobbs made it clear on Twitter her belief that Trump and his supporters are Neo-Nazis.

This you? https://t.co/WFOlbubh2b pic.twitter.com/p06VReozwV

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 12, 2020

This is Arizona’s secretary of state. The one in charge of certifying the election. Yes, you read that right.

Katie Hobbs is in charge of Arizona elections pic.twitter.com/20KFWVifka

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 12, 2020

Just in case @katiehobbs deletes this message by accident, This is the Arizona Secretary of State.

She is in charge of counting the ballots. pic.twitter.com/U3SG1s3gVG

— Joel Fischer 🇺🇸 (@realJoelFischer) November 12, 2020

Hobbs is now also rejecting an independent analysis of Arizona’s voting data.

Gosh, I wonder why.

Democrat Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs rejected a request for an "independent analysis" of voting data in the state. https://t.co/5HQqQJ3LFE

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) November 12, 2020

I’m not done. There’s this drama too:

AZ hasn’t forgotten what SOS @katiehobbs said: “I think we're going to do really well in electing statewide Democrats," Hobbs said. “And the secretary of state's office is how we're going to hold onto those wins, how we're going to make gains”#stopthesteal @FannKfann

— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) November 7, 2020

During her run-up to the 2018 mid-term election, here’s what Hobbs had to say at an Arizona political event in Flagstaff:

Speaking at a Flagstaff gathering of Democrats on April 13, (2018) Hobbs said that having her in the position would help those in her party hold offices they win in the Nov. 6 (2018) election.

“We have so much opportunity this year. I think we’re going to do really well in electing statewide Democrats,” Hobbs said.

“And the secretary of state’s office is how we’re going to hold onto those wins, how we’re going to continue to make gains in the Legislature, and really create a state that reflects all of our values.”

Hobbs’ comments came after she talked about how she thinks the elections system in Arizona is rigged to exclude some voters. She said she wants to fight to make the process open to every eligible voter.

How does that make you feel about a fair and balanced, and fraud-proof, vote in Arizona?

I’ll let you decide.

In addition to Katie Hobbs and the Arizona SOS seat, Twitter buzz says Dominion voting machines are used in Arizona. Have you heard about Dominion? Yeah, it’s a big deal.

https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1326719154687193089?s=20

We need proof Dominion software used in AZ had no “glitches.” The SOS @katiehobbs when I questioned this threw a hissy fit about merely asking. She went into coverup mode when I asked for transparency. Prove to AZ it was a fair count. @Cernovich https://t.co/WLQfqJpXUn

— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) November 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1326652430847766529?s=20

There’s a Joseph Stalin quote for all of this, you know, the one where he said how voters decide nothing and it’s all about who counts the votes? There’s also the ‘1984’ factor that keeps me from inserting Stalin’s quote. I don’t want to get flagged by social media or by the likes of Snopes, so I won’t go there. Hopefully, you get the idea.

Bottom line: The Dominion story is way bigger than just Arizona.

I’d love to get Katie Hobbs’ opinion on what she thinks about Dominion. Hey, Ms. Hobbs, is Dominion owned and operated by the likes ‘Neo-Nazis’ (wink)?

Something tells me we’ll find out.