Last night, Legislative District 3, the largest legislative district in Arizona, passed this resolution to censure the FBI as the Arm of the Leftist Police State in Maricopa County:
- WHEREAS we, the precinct members of LD3 reject the questionable and unsubstantiated FBI raid August 8th, 2022 on the residence of the 45th President of the United States referred to as Mar-a-Lago in the State of Florida.
- WHEREAS the members of LD3 do not accept the lawless actions of nor the authority of the FBI as currently practiced in Maricopa County, Arizona and throughout the United States.
- WHEREAS we, the precinct members of LD3 call for the State of Arizona to stop cooperation with the FBI.
- WHEREAS the Governor of the State of Arizona and the Legislature is elected to protect the citizens of Arizona against attacks on their liberty, we call upon the Governor and the Legislature to make statements and take actions to protect us.
- WHEREAS we, the precinct members of LD3 call on the Legislature to fund a state guard and place it under the exclusive command of the Governor of Arizona to protect its citizens. Members of LD3 call on the Governor of the State of Arizona to formally call for the cessation of FBI operations in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- WHEREAS the Governor and Legislature of the State of Arizona has the authority to stop information sharing with the FBI. WHEREAS it has become clear that the leadership of the FBI has acted independently and out of bounds from their own historical mandates and required constitutional constraints to protect the rule of law.
- WHEREAS instead of enforcing the law, the FBI has used the law by waging attacks on individuals and groups (as lawfare) on behalf of a political party for political reasons and self-preservation, calling them, in effect, enemies ofthe state.
- THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the members of Legislative District 3, Maricopa County, Arizona reject the actions, words, and self-applied constraints on resolving internal problems within the FBI and the resulting overreach by the FBI towards the people and political action groups of Maricopa County, Arizona. We call on the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Arizona to protect us from any violations of our constitutional rights by the FBI.