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President Donald Trump at the White House on Nov. 13, 2020.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey famously sent former President Donald Trump’s call to voicemail while he was signing papers certifying now-President Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona in the 2020 election. And since, the contentious relationship between the two has only gotten worse.

Now, as Trump plans a rally in Arizona this weekend to bolster Republican candidate Kari Lake’s run to replace Ducey, the governor has backed one of her opponents, Karrin Taylor Robson. The race — and their backers — puts the 2020 election at the center of the 2022 race yet again, and Alex Isenstadt says it’s happening in similar races all over the country.

Isenstadt is a reporter for Politico who’s been covering this proxy war; The Show spoke with him to learn how Trump and the 2020 election are still impacting politics.

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