Wadsak, a Republican, told the House Judiciary Committee that day that “hundreds, if not more than a thousand people have tried to sue doctors, state officials, county officials, and city officials” over vaccine and mask mandates. He said he knew that there were people.

“These attorneys came to me and said they were restricted from taking any of these cases,” Wadsak continued. will be disqualified from

When Phoenix-area Democrat Rep. Annalize Ortiz asked her for evidence, Wadsak said, “I don’t owe you to prove.”

She spoke big, received backlash from her opponents, disrespected them, and kept winning. At least for that day.

Wadsack’s first two months in the legislative branch were active. She first dived into the issue of culture wars, proposing or supporting legislation to regulate drag shows, getting parents to propose banning books in schools, and regulating students’ use of pronouns in schools.

She banned charter cities, forced cities to demolish homeless camps, and in the March 8 incident sought to end the requirement that lawyers belong to the state bar.

Due to her tireless involvement in the culture wars on the Capitol, she continues to embrace conspiracy theories online and battle dissenters on social media.

“#J6 is a lie” she announced on twitter March 7th. Fox News host Tucker Carlson was responding to an attempt to show that the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol was nothing like it was portrayed.

Noting three hazardous material spills across the country in one week, including one in Tucson, she declared, “This feels organized,” and used the hashtag #biohazard. I used attack.

Wadsak, who was criticized for focusing on transgender issues, told a Twitter commentator: She called another critic a “soy boy”.

Wadsack declined to answer 10 questions I emailed her last week. She asked me not to contact her by cell phone.

Her belligerent involvement has earned her fans among conservative Republicans. “I think she’s done a great job,” her Dave Smith, chairman of the Pima County GOP, told me.

“We appreciate her ability to enact legislation on issues that concern us,” said Smith, a resident of the Wadsac Legislative District. “She’s not the supine Republican they’re used to, so she understands why Democrats are upset.”

Wadsak and two of her district congressmen benefited from a redistricting process that created a gerrymander district encircling the Tucson area, from Marana across the Santa Catalina Mountains and south across the Tanque Verde district to Vail. I received

This was the result of a deliberate effort by Erica Neuberg, chairman of the Reorganization Commission, to increase representation of “center-right people” in the Tucson area. The Southern Arizona Leadership Council endorsed the effort, as did Sen at the time. Vince Leach who fought for his residence to be included in this new district.

He succeeded in making the Republican district by 5 percent and lost the primary to Wadsak.

Wadsack’s aggression may please her supporters, but she’s also making enemies. Leach has already filed papers to challenge her for the 2024 seat. He told me that many of Wadsak’s bills were mere “ghosts” and were submitted but never even assigned to the commission.

“Sometimes people get horses in front of the cart and don’t think about the long-term consequences,” he said. “You need to think twice before dropping the bill.”

In particular, he noted, legislators need to think about what Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs will sign. In February, Wadsak stood up and turned his back on Hobbes as he delivered his state speech.

Democrats, of course, don’t appreciate the contempt that Wadsak sometimes treats them with. The episode with Ortiz was certainly terrible. During the exchange, Ortiz remained calm, but Wadsak lashed out at being interrogated.

“We were chosen to make evidence-based decisions, and that’s because of the people we represent,” Ortiz told me Tuesday. It wasn’t about me to say no.”

One Wadsack member, John Higgins, told me about an email exchange with her. On January 19th he wrote to her:

Dear Senator Wadsak, I have seen the bills you sponsored or co-sponsored to address the current housing crisis in Arizona, specifically Pinal and Pima counties. The city appears to have co-sponsored HB2377, which prohibits motels, motels, and forcing landlords to accept housing vouchers for poor and homeless people. Are there other ideas and plans (governmental, private, voluntary) to address the shortage of affordable housing for families, homeless veterans, single youth, and the mentally ill?”

Here is Wadsack’s January 23rd answer: You’re an opinion journalist who writes hit stories, but you don’t reveal your intentions. Your past communication is at a loss. Please stop. “

what the heck was that? Higgins wrote a letter to the editor of The Star criticizing Wadsak.

Wadsak’s disdain for Democrats and critics is likely to become her Achilles heel.

Christina Rodriguez, who organizes the recall campaign, said she plans to step up her support in April and formally begin collecting signatures for 120 days in May.

“It’s kind of a flood of bad policies,” she said of Wadsak’s accomplishments. “It’s a clear division between constituencies and the legislature.”

So Wadsack could pass the bill in the tightly divided Senate and could even pass the House, but her bill for the state bar is currently stuck there.

However, it remains to be seen if burning with justice is the way she will pass legislation and implement policies.