In an exclusive story, uncontested Republican Primary LD2 Candidate Ari Bradshaw has been accused of previously “selling cocaine and psychedelics” as well as an allegation of selling fentanyl. A series of text messages (warning obscene language) alleging the crime happened in the past when Bradshaw was in college or before. The timing of these events match up with an October 12, 2016 drug arrest of Bradshaw for Marijuana (case number seen at bottom of post).
Bradshaw was also publicly accused of being a “Former drug dealer” by Arizona Young Republican National Committeeman Luke Mosiman (archived link):
Bradshaw responded to my questions saying “I have never seen fentanyl in my life. I will be sending a defamation lawsuit your way.” After explaining to him that I was merely seeking comment on the allegations clearly made by another in a tweet here, and then explaining the burden of proof for defamation and the Arizona Constitution, Bradshaw seemed to backtrack from his legal threats and continued answering questions saying:
“Never was arrested with intent to distribute weed. My father died of suicide following a legal opioid addiction and my cousin died of heroin later on.”
Bradshaw also made several public statements regarding the allegations, including in a public reply to embattled Senator and frequent First Amendment Violator, Wendy Rogers seen at the bottom of this post.
It is ironic to note that Bradshaw recently leaked a phone conversation between himself and Rogers, accusing Rogers of defending candidate Steve Slaton for allegedly using the “N-word” when describing a black Republican Representative. If that wasn’t enough Irony, Ari produced music for explicit lyrics including the “N-word” and then promoted the single apparently very proud of the lyrics saying “STREAM IT NOW! IT’S A BOP” (warning explicit lyrics below)
