Tag Archives: Kari Lake

Mediaite reports: Kari Lake is in “active negotiations” to join Newsmax after losing her bid for the Senate in Arizona, Mediaite has learned. Lake, a local news broadcaster turned fierce Trump loyalist, is in talks with the conservative network for an on-camera position, sources said. Before emerging as a far-right political candidate, Lake spent more than two decades as an …

The Arizona Mirror reports: After a bitter court battle, Kari Lake has entered a settlement agreement with Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in a defamation lawsuit over Lake’s false accusations that he helped to steal the 2022 race for Arizona governor from her. She brought similar allegations about her own loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the race for governor …

The Associated Press reports: The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear Republican Kari Lake’s latest appeal over her defeat in the 2022 governor’s race, marking yet another loss in her attempt to overturn the race’s outcome. The court made its refusal to take up the former TV anchor’s appeal public on Thursday without explaining its decision. Lake, now locked …

Politico reports: “My internal polling looks good,” Kari Lake said in an interview from her campaign bus adorned on the outside with a massive photo of her and Trump and on the inside with a life-size cardboard Kari Lake cutout. “We’re ahead of my opponent, and I feel comfortable with our polling,” she insisted. “Our polling is a little different. …

CNN reports: Arizona Republican Senate nominee Kari Lake on Monday repeatedly refused to answer whether she lost the 2022 gubernatorial race to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs. “Why are we looking backward? I’m looking forward,” Lake said during an interview on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” when asked if she lost the 2022 governor’s race. Pressed again by Collins, Lake …

NBC News reports: Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faced off in Arizona’s feisty first and only Senate debate Wednesday evening, trading shots over the border, abortion, tax policy and more. “We are at a crossroads, Arizona,” Gallego said in his opening statement, highlighting Lake’s repeated election denialism. “We’re going to see and talk to somebody who has …

The Hill reports: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has a ten point lead over Republican Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race according to a Napolitan News Service poll released Monday. Fifty-two percent of voters said they would vote for Gallego, compared to 42 percent of respondents who said they would support Lake. Five percent of participants were unsure of who …

Newsweek reports: Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake is trailing her Democratic rival Rep. Ruben Gallego in the 2024 Arizona race, according to a survey by Marist College released on Thursday. Gallego had 54 percent support among lively voters statewide, whilst Lake had 44 percent. With independents, Lake lagged behind on 32 percent compared to Gallego’s 64 percent. The Marist poll …

“He fell hook, line, and sinker for every piece of anti-MAGA propaganda the media and the left have been spewing. Thankfully they captured this man alive. I’m curious to hear more about what he’s all about. “But it looks like he’s been very much a Trump Derangement Syndrome patient for a long time. You know, from what we know based …

Salon reports: A newly released FOX News poll has Democrat Ruben Gallego up massively in the Arizona Senate race. The poll, released on Wednesday evening, showed Gallego beating Lake by a margin of 56% to 41% in the upcoming race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lake, who continues to deny the results of the 2020 election, and the 2022 gubernatorial …

“This just shows you how welcoming our movement is — America First, the MAGA movement, whatever you want to call it — we welcome everybody. “This is not called the ‘Republican First movement.’ It’s called the ‘America First movement.’ And so when he decided to step out and jump in and endorse President Trump, he is welcome with open arms. …

The Arizona Republic reports: Moderation was not the theme of the day. Surrounded by screens advertising Turning Point Action, a Trump-aligned advocacy group, the speakers invoked religion, asserted their support of police and securing the border. And they gave a nod to conspiracies. The “fake news” media was a frequent target of some of the speakers, never failing to generate …

The Arizona Republic reports: Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has endorsed not only Donald Trump — a guy who savaged him for certifying the state’s 2020 election — but Kari Lake. He’s endorsing Lake, who once called him a “doormat” to the Mexican drug cartels. “I will be voting for Republicans up & down the ballot in November — and …

The Associated Press reports: Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to deciding Senate control. Accepting victory Tuesday night, Lake called Trump a “hero” and urged his supporters to back her as well. “He can’t do …

“For eight years, the media has been tearing President Trump apart. A good man who everybody loved before he ran. Imagine having a smear campaign going on about you for eight years. Pretty soon everyone wouldn’t like you. “I’m not going to sit here and go through all of the evidence of what happened. Do you believe Joe Biden won …

The Arizona Mirror reports: “Americans are waking up to the truth about disastrous Democrat policies,” Lake said. She called Gallego “Biden’s favorite congressman” and accused Gallego and other Democrats of handing over the control of Arizona’s border to drug cartels and blamed them for the fentanyl overdose deaths of young people in the Grand Canyon State. “The solutions, guys, are …

The Washington Examiner reports: Kari Lake is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to declare her governor two years after she lost the election for that office, despite her current run for the state’s open Senate seat. On Thursday, Lake attorneys Kurt Olsen and Jennifer Wright filed a petition for review, arguing the Superior Court and Court of Appeals should have …

NBC News reports: On the eve of the presidential debate, GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake decided to skip out on her own. The MAGA frontrunner for her party’s Senate nomination in the key battleground state was invited to participate in a formal debate Wednesday night against her lone GOP primary competitor, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb. She instead opted to …

The Christian Post reports: U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake called for the return of God in American culture Friday as she claimed at a Christian conservative summit that it was God’s plan, not her own, that she run for public office. She proclaimed, “I want to bring Him back,” as she pointed to Heaven, indicating that she was referring to …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake has lost yet another appeal in her effort to overturn the 2022 election for Arizona governor. Lake lost that election to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes, but never conceded, claiming that malfeasance, incompetence or fraud on the part of Maricopa County led to her loss. She’s …