'I don't trust anything the Republican party does': A conversation with Daniel McCarthy

Daniel McCarthy, a successful businessman, made a name for
himself in Arizona politics after mounting an
unsuccessful U.S. Senate primary run against former Sen.
Martha McSally in 2020.  While he lost that race, McCarthy
established himself as a voice of a faction of Arizona
conservatives who see both major political parties as failing them.
McCarthy viewed his loss to McSally as an early sign of a rigged
election, a baseless claim that has wider support after former
President Trump has pushed the same narrative following his defeat.
McCarthy is trying to form another political option in Arizona, the
Patriot Party, and that has caught the eye of Republicans trying to
reshape that party. During the annual Arizona GOP meeting to elect
party leadership he was booed off stage by attendees. Is McCarthy
still a Republican? What does he want for Arizona policy? How will
he influence the 2022 elections? Listen to this week's
episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast,
hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen to hear an
unfiltered conversation with McCarthy.  Learn more about your
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