Outrage Erupts Online Over Fox News’ Decision To Call Arizona For Biden. AZ Governor Responds.

Outrage erupted online late on Tuesday night after Fox News called the presidential race in Arizona for Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden, a call that many believed was too early and ultimately led to a response from the state’s governor.

Governor Doug Ducey, without specifically naming the network, responded to the call that Biden had won the state, which had not been reported yet by the other networks.

“It’s far too early to call the election in Arizona,” Ducey wrote. “Election Day votes are not fully reported, and we haven’t even started to count early ballots dropped off at the polls. In AZ, we protected Election Day. Let’s count the votes — all the votes — before making declarations.”

It’s far too early to call the election in Arizona. Election Day votes are not fully reported, and we haven’t even started to count early ballots dropped off at the polls. In AZ, we protected Election Day. Let’s count the votes — all the votes — before making declarations.

— Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) November 4, 2020

Senior Trump campaign official Jason Miller wrote on Twitter: “Fox News is a complete outlier in calling Arizona, and other media outlets should not follow suit. There are still 1M+ Election Day votes out there waiting to be counted – we pushed our people to vote on Election Day, but now Fox News is trying to invalidate their votes!”

“We only need 61% of the outstanding, uncounted Election Day votes in Arizona to win,” Miller continued. “These votes are coming from ‘our counties,’ and the 61% figure is very doable based on what our other Election Day votes are looking like. @FoxNews should retract their call immediately.”

2/ We only need 61% of the outstanding, uncounted Election Day votes in Arizona to win.

These votes are coming from “our counties,” and the 61% figure is very doable based on what our other Election Day votes are looking like.@FoxNews should retract their call immediately.

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) November 4, 2020

Arizona political insider and columnist Jon Gabriel said that there was “something very odd about” what was going on in the state.

In AZ and agree. I've never seen this slow of a count in AZ. Something very odd about all this.

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) November 4, 2020

Federalist co-founder Sean Davis wrote on Twitter: “I’ve talked to several Trump campaign advisers, and I can’t convey how furious the campaign is at Fox for its completely unjustified AZ call for Biden. They say when not even CNN and MSNBC have called a race for the Democrat, you know something is up.”

“Fox is ‘f***ing us hard,’ one adviser said,” Davis added.

Those sentiments were similar to numerous comments that Trump campaign officials and RNC officials told The Daily Wire.

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1323852906840379392

Even Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the most watched cable news host, pushed back on the network’s decision to call Arizona for Biden.

TUCKER: I'm not certain how [Fox's decision] to call Arizona for Biden was made. I'm sure there's a reason for it. I don't know what it is. pic.twitter.com/J4T2au2r90

— August Takala (@RudyTakala) November 4, 2020

During the early morning hours on Wednesday, the Associated Press called the Arizona race for Biden.

Ducey again responded: “Not so fast. The race has narrowed in #AZ considerably. 130,000 votes separate the candidates, with hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted, from all over the state. I’ll say it again: Let’s count the votes, and let the people decide rather than making declarations.”

Not so fast. The race has narrowed in #AZ considerably. 130,000 votes separate the candidates, with hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted, from all over the state. I'll say it again: Let's count the votes, and let the people decide rather than making declarations. https://t.co/1WYhjChrtm

— Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) November 4, 2020

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