Fox News and other conservative media outlets ran with a baseless rumor that Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs had “mysteriously” disappeared from her office earlier this week, when in fact she had traveled to Washington for scheduled meetings. On Wednesday, Republican state Treasurer Kimberly Yee shared a press release acknowledging that she’d officially be acting governor from that evening through Thursday morning, but that she would not seek to make any state appointments during this window of time. (The first two people in the line of succession, Democrats Adrian Fontes, the Arizona secretary of state, and Attorney General Kris Mayes, were also in Washington for meetings.) Right-wing media, however, treated it all quite differently.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2023 19:41 UTC