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   You can always count on Arizona Democratic leaders to call out   
   racism – except, apparently, when it comes to Secretary of State   
   Katie Hobbs.   
      
   It’s been a few days now since a federal jury awarded a whopping   
   $2.7 million to African American lawyer Talonya Adams for racial and   
   sex discrimination against her boss at the state Senate.   
      
   Yet, Democratic leaders across Arizona are still utterly silent. And   
   I find that unbelievably hypocritical.   
      
   Why aren't these Democrats denouncing Hobbs?   
   These are the same people who are first in line to point fingers   
   (and correctly so) when they see racism against Black people,   
   Latinos and other minorities.   
      
   But where is the outrage now from U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, U.S. Reps.   
   Ruben Gallego, Greg Stanton, Raúl Grijalva, Ann Kirkpatrick and rest   
   of the Democratic congressional delegation?   
      
   Where is the outrage from Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego or Tucson Mayor   
   Regina Romero or state Democratic lawmakers?   
      
      
   Where is the outrage from state Sen. Martín Quezada, who’s running   
   for state treasurer while serving as Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign   
   treasurer?   
      
   Where is the outrage from state Sen. Raquel Terán, one of most vocal   
   activists turned chair of the Arizona Democratic Party?   
      
   The best Terán could do was put out a weird message about working   
   with Republicans on equal pay policies so this doesn’t happen again?   
      
   On Monday, House Democratic Leader Reginald Bolding, who is African   
   American and running for Arizona secretary of state, sent out a   
   statement congratulating Adams on her win and pledging to work on   
   equal pay policies. But just like Terán, he never mentions Hobbs.   
      
   A federal court ruled twice in Adams' favor   
      
   That isn’t going to cut it, Democrats.   
      
   Not when Adams herself directly points the finger at Hobbs, who was   
   Senate minority leader at the time of Adams’ firing in 2015 because   
   she complained of low pay compared to her white counterparts.   
      
   “This was Katie Hobbs’ decision,” Adams told 12 News. “I think she’s   
   always been very uncomfortable with minorities. She seems wholly   
   disconnected from people of color.”   
      
   Hobbs, meanwhile, blamed the firing on Republicans. Really?   
      
   The federal court has twice decided in Adams’ favor and thus against   
   the Senate. The court didn’t mention anyone by name, a technicality   
   Democrats have used to try to blame Republicans who did the actual   
   firing since they had majority rule.   
      
   https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-   
   ed/elviadiaz/2021/11/15/arizona-democrats-ok-katie-hobbs-role-   
   talonya-adams-racial-discrimination/8631482002/   
      
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