The Lonely, Frustrating Battle to Convince Arizona Voters the Election Wasn’t Rigged

“As long as there’s going to be someone constantly asserting this lie, I’m going to confidently push back,” Garrett Archer said.

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Some voters remain convinced the 2020 Arizona election result was rigged. Matt York/AP

Garrett Archer’s day on X started with a point-by-point rebuttal to a conspiracy theory about bamboo ballots undermining Arizona’s 2020 election, included a lengthy discussion of why undocumented migrants didn’t sway the vote tally in that race and ended with a post disputing the contest was controlled by a “global overlord.”

“Man did I kick the beehive today,” the election official turned journalist wrote on X, reflecting on the sheer number of unfounded accusations he had debunked in only a few hours.

For Archer, “kicking the beehive” has become a daily routine.