Election Denier Extraordinaire Kari Lake Launches Senate Bid With Trump Endorsement

Kari Lake, former Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona, announces her bid for Senate at an event in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., October 10, 2023.

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Kari Lake formally announced her campaign for Senate on Tuesday and unveiled an endorsement video from Donld Trump.

The incorrigible election denier—who has still not conceded her race for Arizona governor over unfounded claims of fraud—told supporters at a rally in Scottsdale:

“This mama bear has a whole lot of fight left in her.”

She also played a clip from Trump.

“I wish I could be there with everyone but I’m busy on the campaign trail and fighting off all of the bad people,” the former president said in the footage. He went on to say:
“When I’m back in the White House, I need strong fighters like Kari in the Senate. She is a fighter, she’s strong, and she’s good—she’s got a great heart, by the way.”

Lake will run for the seat held by Kyrsten Sinema, the independent former Democrat, who is yet to declare if she will seek re-election.

The Daily Beast

Election Denier Extraordinaire Kari Lake Launches Senate Bid With Trump Endorsement

Dan Ladden-Hall

News Correspondent

Published Oct. 11, 2023 5:41AM EDT

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Kari Lake Ditches Mar-a-Lago for Arizona Senate Race

Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has re-entered politics. On Tuesday night, Lake declared her candidacy for the Republican race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) Senate seat.

“This mama bear has a whole lot of fight left in her,” Lake said in a speech to a couple hundred supporters in Scottsdale, a ritzy Phoenix suburb, on Tuesday. “I am not going to retreat. I’m going to stand on top of this hill with every single one of you, and I know you’re by my side as I formally announce my candidacy for the United States Senate.”

Lake basically moved into Trump’s Florida resort and golf club after losing the Arizona governor’s mansion in 2022 in an apparently desperate attempt to beat out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for Trump’s vice presidential slot. “Kari Lake is there every night,” an anonymous source told People in June. “There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.” . . .Regardless, she seems to have gotten back on Trump’s good side by abandoning the VP race. During Tuesday’s rally, she played an endorsement video from the quadruple-indicted former presidentr for them to cheat if we do it like we should.”

It’s interesting that Trump chose a woman who lost by more than 17,000 votes to win big, but I’m no election strategy expert. “Kari is one of the toughest fighters in our movement,” he continued. “And I am proud to give her my complete and total endorsement for the United States Senate.” Gross.