I'm not currently in AZ but I lived there most of my life. Short answer: we were played. He's a Mormon. He played the conservative card so well. He did just enough that it was believable. We all would have kept believing it if he didn't show his true globohomo tendencies after trump's election. He bet on the wrong horse, is all. He believed the MSM, everyone hates trump. Dumbass. Cost him his career in "public service". Snort.