UPDATE: Sampson Says He Did Not Sign Letter to America Seeking 50 State Audit of 2020 Election. Nevertheless, Praises Organizer of Letter.

UPDATE: Senator Rob Sampson writes in a Wednesday afternoon statement that he was in touch with Looney Letter to America organizer Wendy Rogers but did not give his permission to include his name.

Here is Sampson’s statement, including praise of Rogers:

“It’s come to my attention that it is being reported that I have added my name to Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers Letter calling for a 50-state audit of the 2020 election.

“I have not signed this letter. In late October, I had my legislative assistant contact Senator Rogers in response to inquiries from several constituents suggesting I should sign on.  We followed up by email to Senator Rogers asking her to provide us with a copy of the letter, her justification for requiring an audit of all 50 states, and any evidence she had collected in support of that effort.  

“She responded by letting me know that nearly 200 other legislators had signed the letter and to reply by email if I wished to be added. There were no answers to my questions and no evidence provided so I chose not to.  

“My duty and responsibility is to my constituents right here in our state.  Anyone following election law and process in our state knows that I am loudest and most committed voice fighting for election integrity in Connecticut. I serve as the ranking Republican member of the Government Administration and Elections committee and year after year, I have proposed legislation for audits, for photo identification, for signature verification, and for improving our election system so that the results are something every person regardless of their political party can and will trust. 

“It is true that our state has significant election integrity issues, particularly with mail-in voting – which I have detailed in hours of senate debate, but they are different from the issues in Arizona and around the country.  I appreciate Senator Rogers’ efforts to draw attention to election integrity.  However, find it improper to call for the decertification of any election without first providing proof.”

Original Post: It is a roll call of the anti-democratic furies. State Senator Rob Sampson (R-Southington) joined 285 deluded Republican state legislators to call for a “forensic audit” of each state’s 2020 election results. Their goal: restore the loathsome demagogue Donald Trump to the presidency.

The letter bases the call on the strange audit of Arizona’s 2020 results. Arizona voters awarded their electoral votes to Joseph Biden, an election night Fox News call that threw Trump and his enablers into a right royal state. The Arizona audit found that Biden’s vote had been slightly undercounted.

Sampson is the only Connecticut legislator to sign the letter to everyone in general and no one in particular. One more shriek of a cult at war with modernity and democracy.

The screed was organized by Arizona state legislator Wendy Rogers.

Published November 24, 2021.