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On the recordJune 20, 2022
I said, look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath when I swore to the Constitution to uphold it, and I also swore to the Constitution and the laws of the state of Arizona. Anything that would say to me, you have a doubt, deny your oath, I will not do that. It is a tenet of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired of my most basic foundational beliefs. And so for me to do that because somebody just asked me to is foreign to my very being. I will not do it.
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Rusty Bowers
Arizona
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Rusty Bowers, the Republican speaker of the Arizona House, explains his refusal to act against his constitutional oath during the pressure surrounding the January 6th events.

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