Politics
Kari Lake fights back against 'election deniers' claims
“Let’s talk about election deniers, here’s 150 examples of Democrats denying election results,” she said
October 19, 2022 9:58pm
Updated: October 20, 2022 1:42pm
Arizona Governor candidate Kari Lake fought back claims about her being an “election denier” after taking questions from the media during a press conference in Phoenix.
One of the reporters stopped the gubernatorial candidate to ask her a question regarding the media’s recent claims that she is an election denier.
“I’m actually shocked you asked that question,” Lake says before turning to a 20-year-old asking for the research he had done about Democrats denied elections in the past.
“You did better research than half these people,” Lake tells 20-year-old Anthony.
“Let’s talk about election deniers, here’s 150 examples of Democrats denying election results,” she said, showing the media the papers. “Oh wow, look at this, this is from Joe Biden’s press secretary: ‘reminder, Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election from Georgians and Stacey Abrams,’ a Democrat saying that, an election denier!”
“Oh look at this, ‘just heard Republican Ryan Costello said it would be difficult for Stacey Abrams to win because she lost her state bid, but she’s still claiming she never lost.'”
“Hillary Clinton: ‘Trump is an illegitimate President’,” Lake said holding a copy of The Washington Post’s article on the subject.
“So it’s okay for Democrats to question elections but it’s not okay for Republicans? It’s crock of BS, everyone knows it, we have our freedom of speech and we’re not gonna relinquish it to a bunch of fake news propagandists,” Lake said before offering everyone copies of the articles Anthony had found.
Let's talk about "Election Deniers."
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 18, 2022
I brought receipts. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/0vzg0ecdx3
On Sunday, Lake refused to answer whether she would accept the results of the upcoming election if she were to lose, sparking criticism from her political opponents.
“I’m going to win the election and I’m going to accept that result,” Lake said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Lake also has previously claimed that the 2020 election was rigged against former President Donald Trump and that President Biden “lost the election and shouldn’t be in the White House.”
