PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is denouncing a controversial conservative group that confronts students about guns, even though he posed for a picture with it members last weekend at a Republican Party dinner in Mohave County.
Patriot Movement AZ members have appeared as counter-protesters at several events this year.
Last month, members wore guns and yelled at attendees of the Phoenix March for Our Lives rally against gun violence in schools.
In a statement Monday, Ducey says he had never heard of the group until Sunday and he absolutely denounces their behavior.
The governor adds that by him agreeing to a photo with any group or individual shouldn't be seen as an endorsement of anyone's views or actions.
Senate candidate Kelli Ward was at the same event, the Mohave County Republican Party's "Patriot Dinner.”
