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From the ongoing live thread over at azcentral:

> Republican Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs showed his sensitive side at the Turning Point event and leaned into his relationship with President Donald Trump to promote his run for governor.

> Biggs appeared to break down emotionally as he told of falling in love with his wife of 45 years, choking up as he described their belief in the opportunities Arizona holds.

> “It’s time we bring that optimism back to the state,” he said. “We need to think big.”

> Biggs didn’t shy away from his Trump endorsement or election policies that tripped up Kari Lake and other failed Republican candidates in recent years, vowing to make Arizona election results available on Election Night. He also vowed to bring new gasoline pipelines into the state to reduce fuel prices, serve healthy food in schools and “use our lands for houses and not Green New Deal projects.”

> He name-dropped his incumbent opponent, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, about a dozen times, saying she was ruining the state.

> “We’re going to have to clean up the disastrous Hobbs machine,” he said.

Prior to his speech he also made comments with other attendees who were flexing on their personal relationships with Trump:

> U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, called the president a friend and told two stories about phone calls he’s shared with Trump. Biggs did his best Trump impression as he recounted the president’s phone call informing him that he would endorse Biggs for Arizona governor.

> He also told another story about missing Trump’s call when he was speaking at an event.

> “While I was talking, my phone started vibrating and I thought ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if it was President Trump?’” Biggs said.

> Trump isn't the kind of guy to get tired, Biggs said, so he called the president back when he could at 11:30 p.m. Trump took the call.