In a Monday interview with the Deseret News, Republican Arizona state House Speaker Rusty Bowers on Monday walked back his reaffirmation of support for the Orange God Emperor following his testimony to the House January 6th Select Committee. “If he is the nominee, if he was up against Biden, I’d vote for him again,” Bowers had said the day after he described to the committee a campaign of MAGA terrorism agains him and his family in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
“I don’t want the choice of having to look at (Trump) again. And if it comes, I’ll be hard pressed. I don’t know what I’ll do. But I’m not inclined to support him. Because he doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the morals and the platform of my party. And I just see it more and more all the time. That guy is just – he’s his own party. It’s a party of intimidation and I don’t like it. So I’m not going to be boxed by, ‘Who am I gonna vote for?’ Because that’s between me and God. But I’m not happy with him. And I’m not happy with the thought that a robust primary can’t produce somebody better than Trump, for crying out loud,” said Bowers to the Mormon Church newspaper.