For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Contact: Hannah Goss, hgoss@azdem.org
Arizona Mirror: “Former Tucson Classmates and Teachers Condemn Blake Masters As ‘Dangerous’ for Arizona”
PHOENIX — Today, just hours before tonight’s Arizona Senate debate, the Arizona Mirror reported that 75 of Blake Masters’ former classmates, teachers, and fellow alumni wrote a letter condemning Masters’ candidacy, saying they are “deeply grieved” to see that Masters has become a “dangerous politician.”
The group highlighted numerous of Masters’ anti-Arizona beliefs and opinions that would, according to them, “lead Arizona down a dark, dystopian path.”
See below for key excerpts, or read the whole story here:
Arizona Mirror: Former Tucson classmates and teachers condemn Blake Masters as ‘dangerous’ for Arizona
- A group of Blake Masters’ former classmates at Green Fields Country Day School in Tucson have condemned him in no uncertain terms in an open letter saying that he would “lead Arizona down a dark, dystopian path.”
- In the letter, Masters’ former classmates, teachers and fellow alumni describe him as someone who was ambitious and always ready to debate, but who was also kind. They say his public image now is barely recognizable compared to the student they used to know.
- “He peddles extremist ideology — attacking veterans, calling abortion ‘demonic,’ being endorsed by Neo-Nazis, blaming gun violence on ‘Black people, frankly,’ and that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Masters’ former classmates said in the letter. “He also belittles those who don’t share his views, and it’s clear Blake will lead Arizona down a dark, dystopian path. He is a man who gave up everything — his friends, his community, his values, and his integrity — all in pursuit of power, position, and prestige.”
- The Green Fields alumni and teachers wrote that they are “deeply grieved” to see that Masters has become a “dangerous politician.”
- The letter is signed by 75 of Masters’ former classmates, teachers and alumni of Green Fields Country Day.
- Masters’ campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the letter.
- At the end of the letter, his former classmates appealed directly to Masters: “To Blake: If you’re reading this, even though you have abandoned our values, we will not let you diminish our community. We will continue standing together, without you.”
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