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Janae
Shamp |
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Serial homophobe and far-right,
ultra-MAGA
extremist Republican
member of the Arizona State Senate, representing
District 29. She assumed office on January 9, 2023.
Her current term ends on January 13, 2025. Shamp was
one of several legislative candidates endorsed by
former President
Donald Trump in Arizona, defeating
incumbent State Representative
Joanne Osborne in the
Republican primary. Shamp ran for election to the
Arizona State Senate to represent District 29. She
won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Shamp is running for re-election to the Arizona
State Senate to represent District 29. She is on the
ballot in the Republican primary on July 30, 2024. |
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Yet Again, The AZ Legislature Hosts A COVID
Hearing Full Of Misinformation |
"For the third time in
less than a year, Arizona Republican lawmakers
listened intently and offered no pushback during
a special hearing at the state Senate that was
billed as examining the state’s response to the
COVID-19 pandemic but was instead rife with
conspiracy theories, misinformation and
fear-mongering about vaccines and public
health." [ . . . ] "On Friday, the committee
once again convened, bringing more of the same
people to speak. The committee had previously
faced criticism for its awkward name, which has
been promoted in abbreviated form by the
QAnon-friendly political nonprofit The America
Project. The abbreviated name, NCSWIC, is a
commonly used abbreviation in the QAnon world,
where it means “Nothing Can Stop What Is
Coming,” alluding to predictions of arrests and
executions of members of the “Deep State.” The
Republican elected officials on the panel were
state Sens.
Frank Carroll and Janae Shamp and
state Rep.
Steve Montenegro, who chairs the state House
of Representatives’ Health and Human Services
Committee. Sen.
T.J. Shope was scheduled to be on the panel
but Carroll said he filled in for the senator,
who was not able to attend." |
Mar. 15, 2024 |
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GOP Senators Move To Ensure 14th Amendment Won’t
Block Trump In Arizona |
"Trump is facing
challenges in multiple states that are aiming to
remove him from the Republican primary ballot on
the basis of the 14th Amendment. In those cases,
plaintiffs argue that Trump’s involvement in
Jan. 6 as well as other actions in the aftermath
of his presidential election loss disqualify him
for office. " [ . . . ] "Senate Bill 1158 says
that “a candidate for president may not be
excluded or removed from the general election
ballot on the basis of a claimed violation of
the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States
Constitution” if the candidate is the official
nominee or “of a political party that is
entitled to continued representation on the
ballot.”" [ . . . ] "The bill’s sponsor, Sen.
Janae Shamp referenced the Colorado case
when discussing the bill in a Senate Elections
Committee hearing earlier this month." |
Feb. 27, 2024 |
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MAGA Senators Recruiting Armed Out-Of-State
“Peace Officers” |
"Republican Arizona State
Senators
David Gowan and Janae Shamp
co-sponsored new legislation (SB 1683) which
promotes the cross-certification of peace
officers from adjacent states (California,
Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico) and paves
the way for out-of-state peace officers to work
in Arizona law enforcement agencies. Fellow
Republican Arizona State Senator
Wendy Rogers, who supports the legislation,
as seen below, thanked Coconino Sheriff Jim
Driscoll and his deputies “for putting forward
SB 1683 to supplant [sic] Coconino County with
cross-state-border law enforcement
augmentation.”" [ . . . ] "Rogers’s celebration
of out-of-state peace officers coming to Arizona
and “supplanting” or “augmenting” local law
enforcement agencies may be cause for alarm
among some Arizonans — and federal officials —
as she has been linked to the Oath Keepers, the
“far-right anti-government militia whose leaders
have been convicted of violently opposing the
government of the United States.”" |
Feb. 15, 2024 |
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"Arizona
State Senator Janae Shamp,
leveraging her extensive
background in nursing and
healthcare, has championed
Senate Bill 1511, which is
designed to support those who
wish to reverse the adverse
effects of gender transition
procedures. Drawing inspiration
from the story of 19-year-old
Chloe Cole, a de-transitioner
who faced significant challenges
and regrets following her gender
transition initiated at a young
age, Senator Shamp’s bill
mandates that insurers and
healthcare providers cover and
offer detransition procedures." |
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Arizona Lawmakers Introduce
Border Bill Similar To A Law
Texas Is Getting Sued For |
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"A
Republican state senator has
introduced legislation dealing
with illegal immigrants that
could conflict with a 2012 U.S.
Supreme Court ruling that said
Arizona has no right to enforce
federal immigration laws." [ . .
. ] "The bill, sponsored by Sen.
Janae Shamp (R-Surprise),
copies parts of a Texas
immigration law the U.S.
Department of Justice says is
unconstitutional. That Texas law
has drawn comparisons to
Arizona’s own SB 1070, the
infamous immigration law
challenged by not just various
civil and immigrant rights
groups but also the Justice
Department." |
Jan.
25, 2024 |
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6 Republican Lawmakers Push
Legislation To Ensure Trump Can
Stay On Arizona’s Ballot |
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"Six
Republican lawmakers are pushing
legislation to ensure former
President Donald Trump can stay
on Arizona’s ballot, regardless
of claims that he violated the
14th Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. In other states,
the case has been made that the
14th Amendment’s insurrection
clause disqualifies Trump from
running for president or holding
public office. Arizona’s
Democratic Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes says current state
law doesn’t allow him to
unilaterally remove Trump from
the ballot, but that a decision
from the court could potentially
have that outcome." |
Jan.
23, 2024 |
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Arizona GOP Pounces On Viral Gender Identity
Feud Hitting U Of A Nursing School |
“I’m absolutely
sickened that this institution of higher
learning is perpetuating the lie that a
person’s gender is based off feelings and
not their God-given biological sex
established upon conception,” Sen. Janae
Shamp, vice-chair of the Senate
Committee on Health & Human Services says in
the release. “This is completely groomer
garbage that strives to confuse our kids in
an effort to cater to the evil that is being
accepted by today’s society. As a nurse, I
am so disheartened that the next generation
of nurses are being hijacked of their
capabilities to deliver ethical care.”
Tucson lawmaker, Sen.
Justine Wadsack, also is quoted." [ . .
. ] "“If this issue is not immediately
resolved by the university, Senate
Republicans will weigh all options to make
certain tax dollars are no longer used in
such an egregious fashion,” said Senator
T.J. Shope, who chairs the Senate
Committee on Health & Human Services. “The
mental health of our children and the state
of our health care industry (are) being
threatened by this radical ideology.” |
Sep. 8, 2023 |
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Traitor much??? |
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Photo: Spencer Platt
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Arizona’s Sen. Shamp Was There On Jan. 6 |
"At around 3:18 p.m.
on Jan. 6, 2021, a rioter pulled Officer
Michael Fanone into the crowd, where he was
tased and beaten, as an angry mob continued
to try to break into the U.S. Capitol
building. The Lower West Terrace was the
scene of some of the most violent
skirmishes. Roughly 30 minutes later,
Republican Sen. Janae Shamp, of
Surprise, was in the crowd, watching things
unfold. |
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In footage provided to
the Arizona Mirror by extremist
researchers,
Shamp, along with
her husband, can be seen in the
large crowd that gathered along
the Lower West Terrace of the
Capitol on Jan. 6 outside of a
tunnel entrance that became the
forefront of violent clashes
that would turn deadly." |
Jun. 16, 2023 |
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AZ GOP Senator Proudly Flies Flag Adopted By
‘Fringe’ Far-Right Extremists |
"A West Valley
Republican state senator proudly displays a
flag tied to Christian nationalism and other
extremist movements on her desk on the floor
of the Arizona Senate, though she says she
has embraced the symbol for its historical
meaning and doesn’t care that “fringe
groups” have adopted it. |
Jun. 5, 2023 |
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Arizona State Sen. Janae Shamp Has Promoted
Neo-Nazis And Other Virulent Antisemites |
"Arizona state Sen.
Janae Shamp has promoted antisemitic
influencers on her Facebook page. Her
sources include a neo-Nazi who previously
said he wants a picture of Adolf Hitler in
“every classroom”; a Gab user who urged
readers to “Fight the Jews on Every Single
Issue”; a QAnon influencer who dreamed of
the day that Jewish people would be “gone”;
and a neo-Nazi radio host who served a
prison sentence for issuing violent threats.
In addition to her repeated promotion of
antisemites, Shamp has also forwarded QAnon
propaganda dozens of times, which Media
Matters reported on earlier this week. QAnon
itself is steeped in antisemitism. Shamp has
not responded to reporters’ questions for
comment about her QAnon activity, but she
has taken down some of her posts. Shamp has
also compared people who oppose the COVID-19
vaccine to victims of the Holocaust. In one
instance, Shamp shared an image of the
Jewish badge with the word “unvaccinated”
written over it." |
Jun. 1, 2023 |
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AZ Senator Who Spearheaded QAnon-Linked
COVID Hearing Spread QAnon Online |
"A Republican state
senator who denied that a COVID conspiracy
hearing she spearheaded last week that was
marketed with a QAnon acronym had anything
to do with the dangerous conspiracy theory
had, in fact, posted lots of QAnon content
on social media — including the very acronym
used by the committee. A report Tuesday by
Media Matters for America showed that
Arizona Sen. Janae Shamp has peddled
QAnon online for years. Shamp last week
co-chaired the Arizona Legislature’s Novel
Coronavirus Southwestern Intergovernmental
Committee, which held two days of hearings
featuring a series of COVID conspiracy
theories. The ostensible experts who spoke
at the hearing had deep connections to the
QAnon world and spread misinformation about
COVID vaccines, the pandemic response and
more." |
May 30, 2023 |
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The COVID Vaccine Deniers And
QAnon Believers Coming To Speak
At The Arizona Legislature |
May
23, 2023 |
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"A special
committee created by the Arizona
legislature to examine the
state’s response to COVID-19
will feature a litany of
speakers who have spread
disinformation about the
pandemic, vaccines, spoken at
QAnon events and have
conspiratorial beliefs about the
virus, including believing it
will usher in the “mark of the
beast.”" |
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"The “Novel
Coronavirus Southwestern
Intergovernmental Committee”
will hold two days of hearings
on May 25 and May 26 at the
Arizona Capitol, during which a
string of ostensible experts
will tell the state and federal
Republican lawmakers on the
panel their opinions on the
pandemic, and Arizona’s response
to it. |
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The Republican elected officials
on the panel include state Sens.
T.J. Shope
and
Janae Shamp,
the chair and vice-chair,
respectively, of the state
Senate’s Health and Human
Services Committee; state Rep.
Steve Montenegro, who chairs
the state House of
Representatives’ Health and
Human Services Committee; and
U.S. Reps.
Andy Biggs,
Eli Crane and
Paul Gosar." |
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"Extremist
researchers on Twitter were
quick to note that the various
groups sponsoring the committee
had begun promoting it by the
acronym, NCSWIC, which is
commonly used within the QAnon
community to stand for “Nothing
Can Stop What Is Coming.” It
most often refers to an
unfounded belief that “Deep
State” collaborators will soon
be arrested." |
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*This
bill, if passed, would only apply to Drag
Storytime at public libraries or other
locations which receive
state money. |
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*This bill, were it to become law,
would be the same as laws covering a cabaret
but with the words "drag
show" instead of "cabaret". This is simply a
sneaky attempt to outlaw drag shows. |
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Sex Obsessed GOP Lawmakers
Advance Bill Targeting Drag
Shows |
Elias Weiss / Phoenix New Times |
Feb. 9,
2023 |
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"It was
standing
room
only
inside
an
Arizona
Senate
hearing
room on
Wednesday
morning
as
Republican
lawmakers
advanced
a bill
that
would
prohibit
public
money
from
being
used to
pay for
“drag
shows
targeting
minors.” |
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State
Senator
John
Kavanagh,
a
Fountain
Hills
Republican
who is
leading
the rush
to erase
drag
from
public
life,
sponsored
SB 1026
despite
admitting
in a
recent
interview
with
Phoenix
New
Times
that
he can’t
think of
a single
instance
in which
taxpayer
dollars
were
ever
used to
put on a
drag
show for
kids in
Arizona.
The bill
defines
public
money as
“tax
monies
of this
state,
federal
monies
passing
through
the
state
treasury
or any
other
state
monies.” |
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On a 5-3
party-line vote, the Senate
Government Committee approved
the bill. Republican Senators
Jake Hoffman,
Wendy Rogers,
David Farnsworth,
Justine Wadsack, and
Janae Shamp voted in
favor of
the
proposal.
Democratic
Senators
Priya
Sundareshan,
Juan
Mendez,
and Eva
Diaz
voted
against
it. " |
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These
Arizona
Candidates
Still
Say
Donald
Trump
Won In
2020, Or
They're
Not Sure
What
Happened
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The
Arizona
Republic
via The
Rose Law
Group
Reporter |
Jul. 15,
2022 |
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"Elected
officials
and
candidates
for
office
in 2022
continue
to
challenge
and
question
the
results
of the
2020
presidential
election
in
Arizona. |
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The
results
have
been
examined
and
re-examined,
challenged
in court
and in a
monthslong
ballot
review.
No
evidence
has been
found of
widespread
fraud or
error in
the
results. |
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Yet
candidates
deny the
outcome.
Others
don't
quite go
as far.
But they
raise
questions
about
potential
irregularities
they say
could
have
influenced
the vote
and
should
be
examined. |
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The
Arizona
Republic
is
listing
candidates
by
category
by the
race
that
they are
entered
in. This
list is
not
complete
and will
be
updated
throughout
the 2022
election
season. |
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These
candidates
in
Arizona
races
deny
that Joe
Biden
won the
2020
presidential
election,
either
in
Arizona
or
nationwide." |
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US Senate
US House
of
Representatives
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Josh
Barnett,
Republican,
1st
District
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Walter
Blackman,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Eli
Crane,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Ron
Watkins,
Republican,
2nd
District
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Jeffrey
Zink,
Republican,
3rd
District
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David
Giles,
Republican,
4th
District
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Jerone
Davison,
Republican,
4th
District
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Andy
Biggs,
Republican,
incumbent,
5th
District
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Brandon
Martin,
Republican,
6th District
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Debbie
Lesko,
Republican,
incumbent,
8th District
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Paul
Gosar, Republican,
incumbent,
9th District
Governor
Secretary
of state
Attorney
general
Treasurer
Arizona
Corporation
Commission
State
Senate
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Steve
Zipperman,
Republican,
Legislative District
1
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Sonny
Borrelli,
Republican,
Legislative
District
5
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Wendy
Rogers,
Republican,
Legislative District
7
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David
Farnsworth,
Republican,
Legislative District
10
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Jake
Hoffman,
Republican,
Legislative District
15
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Anthony
Kern,
Republican,
Legislative District
27
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Janae
Shamp,
Republican,
Legislative
District
29
State
House of
Representatives
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Judy
Burges,
Republican,
Legislative
District
1
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Robert
Scantlebury, Republican,
Legislative
District
9
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Liz
Harris, Republican,
Legislative
District
13
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Austin
Smith, Republican,
Legislative
District
29
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John
Gillette,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
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Nohl
Rosen,
Republican,
Legislative
District
30
Maricopa
County
Board of
Supervisors
Read the
complete
article
on The
Arizona
Republic |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2022 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate
District
29 |
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Question 2: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing biological males that identify as transgender to play on female sports’ teams. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question 8: Allowing parents to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same-sex attraction or gender identity issues.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Question 9:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.** |
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Candidates' Position:
Support. |
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This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy". |
**Discriminatory
"Religious Freedom" laws. |
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