{"id":2324288,"date":"2024-08-14T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-ducey-comes-back-to-trump-after-defying-him-in-2020-and-certifying-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T09:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T13:53:40","slug":"doug-ducey-comes-back-to-trump-after-defying-him-in-2020-and-certifying-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-ducey-comes-back-to-trump-after-defying-him-in-2020-and-certifying-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ducey comes back to Trump after defying him in 2020 and certifying election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoug-ducey-comes-back-to-trump-after-defying-him-in-2020-and-certifying-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Doug Ducey, the former governor of\u200b Arizona, \u200dhas publicly endorsed Donald\u2063 Trump and Kari\u200d Lake for the 2024 elections, putting past disagreements aside.\u200d In\u2063 2020, Ducey criticized Lake&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-denialism-turned-loser-stacey-abrams-into-a-multi-millionaire\/\" title=\"Election Denialism Turned Loser Stacey Abrams Into A Multi-Millionaire\">election denialism<\/a> and resisted Trump&#8217;s attempts\u200c to overturn Arizona&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-minnesota-and-wisconsin-both-had-89-90-turnout-something-that-is-highly-unlikely\/\" title=\"What is Going On? Minnesota and Wisconsin BOTH had 89%-90% Turnout -- Something That Is Highly Unlikely\">election results<\/a> after\u200d Biden&#8217;s \u200bvictory. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">made headlines<\/a> \u200dfor silencing a call from Trump while certifying\u200c the election results, an act \u200bwidely viewed as a defiance of the former president. Now,\u200b Ducey is\u2062 emphasizing that the stakes are too high to let personal differences\u200d affect party unity, asserting his commitment to voting Republican and supporting a majority\u2064 in Congress. \u200dThis endorsement marks \u2063a significant reversal \u2063from his earlier positions leading up to \u2062the 2022 gubernatorial race, where he \u200chad backed\u200b Lake&#8217;s opponent.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Doug Ducey comes back to Trump after defying him in 2020 and certifying election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726250\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-ducey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Ducey<\/a> is endorsing former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and U.S. Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kari-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kari Lake<\/a> in the 2024 election, saying he is putting &ldquo;differences aside.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ducey once denounced Lake&rsquo;s election denialism and defied Trump&rsquo;s request to overturn the results of the election in Arizona, where President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> won the state in 2020. Ducey was governor of the state from 2015 to 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will be voting for Republicans up &amp; down the ballot in November &mdash; and both Donald Trump and Kari Lake have my endorsement,&rdquo; Ducey said in his endorsement via a series of posts <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DougDucey\/status\/1823426829010747490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on X<\/a>. &ldquo;Differences aside, there is too much on the line and only a Republican in the White House and a majority in the House and US Senate can ensure it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is a switch from 2020, when Ducey refused to overturn the election results and Trump said he &ldquo;betrayed the people of Arizona.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Ducey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/politics\/arizona-gov-ignores-white-house-hail-to-the-chief-call-while-certifying-election-results\/2020\/12\/01\/9da0d912-2bff-4f37-86c9-f4a80531db30_video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>famously silenced<\/a> an incoming call from Trump while he was certifying the election results in Arizona. It was known the call was from Trump because Ducey previously said that &ldquo;Hail to the Chief&rdquo; was his ringtone for incoming calls from Trump. When &ldquo;Hail to the Chief&rdquo; played, Ducey was seen pulling his phone out of his jacket, silencing it, and putting it aside.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HE&#8217;LL GET BACK TO YOU Back in July, Gov. Ducey said he changed his White House ringtone to &#8220;Hail to The Chief&#8221; so he wouldn&#8217;t miss a call from Trump\/Pence. Guess who called while Ducey was certifying Arizona&#8217;s election? (7 secs in) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bzBGpfSIDf\">pic.twitter.com\/bzBGpfSIDf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brahmresnik\/status\/1333535859153440769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The President has got an inquisitive mind,&rdquo; Ducey said a few days after speaking with Trump. &ldquo;And when he calls, he&rsquo;s always got a lot of questions, and I give him honest answers, direct feedback, and my opinion when it&rsquo;s necessary. And that&rsquo;s all I&rsquo;m going to say about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Ducey declined to explain the exact exchange during the call, those familiar with the conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/07\/01\/trump-2020-election-arizona-governor-doug-ducey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told the<\/a> <em>Washington Post<\/em> that Trump talked about his shortcomings in Arizona and explained a range of false claims that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rick-scott-expects-ex-nevada-ag-adam-laxalt-to-run-for-senate\/\" title=\"Sen. Rick Scott Expects Ex-Nevada AG Adam Laxalt to Run for Senate\">overwhelmingly won<\/a> the election there. He encouraged Ducey to look into his baseless claims, including that noncitizens voted and there were dead voters who had cast ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is going on with [Doug Ducey]? Republicans will long remember!&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/phoenix\/2024\/08\/13\/doug-ducey-endorsement-donald-trump-kari-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on Twitter, which is now X, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>At a Republican donor dinner, Ducey described the &ldquo;pressure&rdquo; he felt from Trump after Trump lost the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the 2022 gubernatorial election in the state, when Ducey was term-limited, he endorsed Lake&rsquo;s primary opponent, Karrin Taylor Robson, and said Lake was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/17\/ducey-trump-kari-lake-arizona-governor-00046236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>misleading voters<\/a>&rdquo; by claiming the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. Now, he has endorsed her for Senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kari Lake is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/laurieroberts\/2022\/07\/18\/mike-pence-and-doug-ducey-challenging-donald-trump-arizona\/10089972002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> misleading voters<\/a> with no evidence,&rdquo; Ducey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/tv\/2022\/07\/17\/state-of-the-union-doug-ducey-live.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> at the time on CNN. &ldquo;This is all an act. She&rsquo;s been putting on a show for some time now, and we&rsquo;ll see if the voters of Arizona buy it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lake will face Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruben-gallego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-AZ) in November in the state&rsquo;s Senate race. She was pleased with her endorsement, highlighting his time as governor and saying he &ldquo;transformed our economy and our education system&rdquo; and &ldquo;made Arizona a destination again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Doug Ducey supports me because he knows it&rsquo;s never been more important to unite all Arizonans and win big in November. Thank you Governor!&rdquo; Lake said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726250\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726250\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Ducey, the former governor of Arizona, is now endorsing Donald Trump and Senate candidate Kari Lake for the 2024 election, stating that he is setting aside past disagreements. Previously, Ducey criticized Lake&#8217;s claims about election fraud and resisted Trump&#8217;s demands to reverse Arizona&#8217;s election results, where Joe Biden emerged victorious in 2020. Serving as governor from 2015 to 2023, Ducey announced his support through a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), emphasizing the importance of having a Republican president and majority in Congress. This marks a significant shift from 2020 when Ducey refused to change the election outcome and was labeled by Trump as having &#8220;betrayed&#8221; Arizonans. Notably, during the certification process for Arizona\u2019s election results in 2020, Ducey famously ignored an incoming call from Trump\u2014his ringtone being &#8220;Hail to the Chief.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In July prior to that incident, he had changed his ringtone specifically so he wouldn&#8217;t miss calls from Trump\/Pence. After their conversation post-election certification, Ducey remarked on Trump&#8217;s inquisitive nature but did not disclose details about their discussion; sources indicated that Trump expressed grievances regarding his performance in Arizona and made unfounded allegations about voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Ducey&#8217;s relationship with Lake has also evolved; during her primary campaign in 2022\u2014when he was term-limited\u2014he backed her opponent Karrin Taylor Robson instead of Lake due to concerns over her misleading claims regarding the stolen election narrative. Now endorsing her for Senate against Democrat Ruben Gallego this November, Lake expressed gratitude for Ducey&#8217;s support while highlighting his achievements as governor in improving Arizona&#8217;s economy and education system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2324289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/doug-ducey-arizona.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32675,25952,38105,32603,3634],"class_list":["post-2324288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2020-election","tag-certification","tag-doug-ducey","tag-political-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/doug-ducey-arizona.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}