According to Arizona State Representative Joseph Chaplik, a disagreement with the House Majority Leader became so heated that the Leader, Michael Carbone, grabbed items from Chaplik’s desk on the House floor and threw them on the floor. Chaplik’s accusation was quickly circulated throughout the Capitol by those looking to portray the Republican caucus in disarray.
The charge prompted a House investigation that included a review of video of the House floor, which revealed Chaplik made up the charges. Carbone never grabbed or threw any of his items.
“Chaplik lied, and it was a dumb lie, because of course there is video, so he got busted lying in full color,” said one Capitol insider.
Chaplik ran for Speaker in 2022 and was defeated by Ben Toma, then he ran again in 2024 and was defeated by Steve Montenegro. He continues to battle members of the party he sought to lead, leading some to speculate his attacks were driven by bitterness of his back-to-back defeats.
“While Republicans are mostly focused on doing battle with Katie Hobbs and the Democrats, we still have a couple of Republicans who won’t stop shooting at other Republicans,” complained one House member.
The video evidence ends any further investigation into the matter, but there is some speculation that the House Ethics Committee could get involved, as it is a likely breach of House rules to make false accusations about other members.
Chaplik was the chair of the Ethics Committee when it found former Arizona State Representative Liz Harris guilty of damaging the “integrity of the institution.” A resolution to expel Harris outlined her actions, and her attempts to avoid the consequences of those actions by lying to the Ethics Committee.
Chaplik should have never been reelected after his gigantic spoof as Ethics Chair where they expelled Liz Harris. He used Rule 1 to expell her, yet Rule 1 does not apply. I’ve asked Rep Gillette who was 1 of 4 (Leo Biasiucci, Theresa Martinez, & Ben Toma) who got her expulsion on the floor for a vote, to explain how Rule 1 applied, but he can’t or wont. Note that these reps are still in their positions which is absolutely shameful. I’ve always wondered if her expulsion had anything to do with the 10 Election Integrity bills that she managed to get on the floor as a freshman legislator? Ben Toma would not let these bills be voted on either. Do you really think any of these reps want Election Integrity? Absolutely not…we’ve been scammed!
Chaplik is a dirtbag of the worst kind – a sore loser with beady eyes. Everyone in the House is afraid of him because he is such a hot head. This doesn’t surprise anyone.
Beady eyes? 🤣
Carbone is a Robson loving RINO!! He is Joel John 2.0!!! Total RINO TRAITOR!
Liz Harris was too honest to be in this cabal of crooks.
She was exposing the bipartisan corruption.
Yes, the infighting is going on and it should. The new, younger, and truly conservatives should take over the leadership. But the RINOs are entrenched and resist. It is all natural but it should not damage the interest of the conservative voter base and the efforts to widen general support.
Who are these folks? Phoenix is like another planet.. McCaininites ? The Mormon church? who are these folks? What is it they are seeking? The ‘old Republican party” ?
Yes, yes and yes. They need to move to Utah.
He’s also fighting the commie fascist Dems, so I’m good with him.