“Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”

— Teddy Roosevelt, Sept. 2, 1901

Kris Mayes commands an entire army of attorneys who — at a snap of her fingers — could draft a lawsuit to use as a club against the Democratic governor and Republicans in the Arizona Legislature.

That’s her big stick.

But the Arizona attorney general stands Teddy Roosevelt’s aphorism on its head. She carries a big stick, but she talks loudly and endlessly and insufferably.

She told 12 News she’s ready to fight. She told Capitol Media Services she’ll strike hard. She put out a press release and a 16-part social-media thread telling the world she’ll do everything in her power to win.

She’s on record everywhere now warning Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and the GOP Legislature that she’s going to sue the bejesus out of them for........

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