The Arizona recount didn’t find more Trump votes. But Republicans got what they wanted | David Litt

The sham audit actually increased Biden's vote. But Arizona Republicans' goal was never to overturn the last election - it was to lay the groundwork for overturning the next one

Humiliation." Embarrassment." Trump a Bigger Loser than First Thought."

Last week, the Arizona Republicans' sham election audit" ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Launched in April to help Donald Trump legitimize his false claims of voter fraud, the review of Phoenix-area ballots was - even by its own low standards - an incompetent mess. For months, would-be sleuths chased bizarre conspiracy theories, wasted taxpayer dollars and compromised private voter information. When the results were finally announced last week, they revealed that Joe Biden had not only won Arizona, but had in fact won it by an even larger margin than previously reported.

David Litt is an American political speechwriter and New York Times bestselling author of Thanks Obama, and Democracy In One Book Or Less. He edits How Democracy Lives, a newsletter on democracy reform