Unless she is coming back as a he I would expect a governor would issue a press release telling her state that she is undergoing a routine medical procedure and will return in a few days, but AZ law xxx requires her to relinquish power briefly. Otherwise a governor's absence will lead to widespread speculation.
You also don't get to skip levels on a succession chart for something as serious as appointing the acting chief executive of a state. That would put the entire state at risk from someone who is likely inexperienced.
Like it or not, this is extremely odd and deserves a real explanation.
Turns out it's not odd at all, just like I said. The only thing I got wrong was that she wasn't sick.
She was out of state for a meeting and then when her lieutenant governor also had to leave the statement for a different meeting that past control down to the secretary of the treasury temporarily. She's back now.
Unless she is coming back as a he I would expect a governor would issue a press release telling her state that she is undergoing a routine medical procedure and will return in a few days, but AZ law xxx requires her to relinquish power briefly. Otherwise a governor's absence will lead to widespread speculation.
You also don't get to skip levels on a succession chart for something as serious as appointing the acting chief executive of a state. That would put the entire state at risk from someone who is likely inexperienced.
Like it or not, this is extremely odd and deserves a real explanation.
Turns out it's not odd at all, just like I said. The only thing I got wrong was that she wasn't sick.
She was out of state for a meeting and then when her lieutenant governor also had to leave the statement for a different meeting that past control down to the secretary of the treasury temporarily. She's back now.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2023/09/28/fox-news-governor-katie-hobbs-disappeared-where-she-was/70996365007/
She did get a butch hair cut just before this, lol!