The selection of Arizona as a rally location also fits the theme of Trump’s continuous and baseless claims about the last presidential election. Trump narrowly lost Arizona to President Biden in 2020. The state’s GOP-controlled Senate ordered an audit of the results in Maricopa County in the wake of the 2020 elections. The audit found that President Biden won the county by a larger margin than the final certified results showed.

“The problem for Trump is he’s going to be in Arizona, which he lost, so he’s going to be spending all of his time complaining,” said Republican strategist Keith Naughton.

“If there’s one thing we know about Trump, the only thing he likes more than winning is being a victim,” he continued.