🚨 Oh man… the Katie Hobbs scandal just went DEFCON-1.
This is WAY uglier than anyone thought — and Arizona’s Democrat governor is now staring down a full-blown racketeering investigation.
Here are the receipts:
A foster-care group home operator — Sunshine Residential Homes — quietly pumped $400,000 into:
🔹 Hobbs’ campaign
🔹 Her inauguration fund
🔹 The Arizona Democratic Party
And right after the cash hit?
🔥 Hobbs’ administration approved a massive 60% rate hike for Sunshine — the ONLY provider to get such a deal.
Payments jumped from $195 → $234 per child, per day, unlocking millions in taxpayer dollars for one politically connected company.
They even expanded Sunshine’s contract from 280 kids to 322 kids.
The timeline is devastating:
• Sunshine drops $200K during Hobbs’ campaign
• State denies their rate hike
• Sunshine then donates $100K to Hobbs’ inauguration
• Suddenly Hobbs approves the rate hike
• Sunshine sends another $100K
• The Arizona Republic blows the whole thing open
Lawmakers say it’s exactly what it looks like:
A pay-to-play scheme.
Bribery.
Fraud.
Conflicts of interest.
And because of the repeated donations → state favors pattern?
Potential RICO violations.
If this were any other state, people would already be in cuffs.
Arizona deserves answers — and this scandal is nowhere near over.