Former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake recently got into a heated argument with British TV broadcaster Piers Morgan about her defeat to Democratic opponent Katie Hobbs.
In the interview on Wednesday, Morgan emphasized Lake’s unwavering resolve to resist Hobbs’ demands. In her refusal to compromise, she even compared Lake to Donald Trump in a daring display of confidence and resolve.
“I don’t mind your fighting spirit,” he said, “but it does come a point when for the future of democracy, you and Donald Trump have to accept at some point you lost an election. Otherwise, the entire system collapses.
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“If your simple response to losing is always, ‘we didn’t lose, we won,’ then democracy dies,” Morgan pressed.
Lake, a previous candidate for governor of Arizona in the 2016 election, vehemently maintained her claims of voting fraud. If they had been addressed, she claimed, the outcome would have been different and she would have lost out to Hobbs by about 17000 votes. Despite this defeat, she emphasized that a result was only meaningful if it had been “fair and square,” indicating that she doesn’t agree with it.
“I’m fighting for the people of Arizona,” she said. “In Arizona, I can’t walk 10 feet without an Arizonan saying, ‘I voted for you, everybody I know voted for you, our ballot was rejected on Election Day, please keep fighting for us.’”
She then said pointedly to Morgan: “I don’t mean any offense to you, but I frankly don’t give a damn what you think. I’m fighting for the people of Arizona.”
Lake was had to acknowledge an impending reality when Morgan pressed her to say when she intended to withdraw from the contest.
“We are taking [the lawsuit] to the [Arizona] Supreme Court,” she said.
After a brief discussion of the present situation of American politics, Lake was asked if she intended to run against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in her 2024 reelection effort, which has the potential to change the way Democrats and Independents on Capitol Hill balance their power.
Lake says she has “had many people reach out” about it but that she is still focused on resolving her gubernatorial challenges. “It is in the back of my mind, but my No. 1 priority is my case. And I want to see my case through.”
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After her participation, Lake posted about the interview on social media, calling it a “heated argument” and calling it “a terrific chat.” “I enjoyed it too – thanks for coming on Kari,” Morgan wrote in response.
Kathy Hoffman, the Maricopa County Auditor and a well-known contender for governor of Arizona, said last week that she might think about running for the Senate in 2024, provided that her lawsuit challenging the election results is settled. Could this signal the beginning of another grand political undertaking?
When Kirk asked if she was “entertaining” a Senate run, Lake replied: “Yes, I am entertaining it. I mean, my number one priority is our court case, and I have full confidence in our court case, and I hope we will get a judge to do the right thing. But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away. I represent we, the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election, then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”
“I’ve seen some internal polling that shows I’m the only Republican who can beat these other two. I find both of them incredibly dangerous to the people of Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema’s voting record being 93 percent of the time voting for Joe Biden’s agenda, I find Ruben Gallego being a self-admitted socialist really frightening for Arizona and if I’m the only Republican who can beat them, I would be willing to jump in,” Lake added.
The Arizona Court of Appeals has entered the conflict and granted Lake’s election complaint a prompt hearing. They’ve scheduled her special action petition hearing for March in what would be considered lightning-fast compared to typical court proceedings. The state Supreme Court has already dismissed the case and referred it back down via lower courts; however, this time, there may be nothing else for it to go!
