PHOENIX – Gov. Katie Hobbs said Thursday that elected leaders need to focus on “turning down the rhetoric.’’

“As elected leaders, we have a responsibility to set the tone,’’ the governor told reporters at a political event that was scheduled before Wednesday’s shooting death of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. “We should all focus on how we are shaping the political discourse.’’

The governor herself, however, has repeatedly used the terms “extremist’’ and “dangerous’’ when referring to Republicans who do not support her agenda. And it’s nothing new.

During an interview during her 2022 election campaign, she called out Kari Lake, her GOP foes “dangerous and too extreme.’’

Last year she railed against “Republican extremists in the House’’ when they voted ag

See Full Page