Dems Reportedly Concerned Kari Lake Could Shatter 2024 Dreams
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake could assume a very large role within the “Make America Great Again” political movement if she can beat her Democratic opponent, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
Lake, a 2020 election denier, likely represents former President Donald Trump’s best chance at getting one of the “ultra MAGA” candidates into office following next month’s midterm elections.
David Axelrod, a former Obama adviser, told Axios that Lake’s previous career in local television prepared her well for a political campaign.
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“If you get a candidate who has the performance skills of a major-market local TV anchor and the philosophy and thinking of Steve Bannon, that’s a potent and dangerous combination. … Look at Italy,” he said.
Recent polls from CBS News, CNN, and Fox News suggest the two candidates are in a toss-up race as the election quickly approaches. They have not and will not debate one another before Election Day because Hobbs has refused, though some have questioned the strategy.
She has the backing of the Arizona Republican establishment and donors, unlike fellow MAGA gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, who is fighting an uphill battle to beat current Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
“How do you debate someone who refuses to accept the truth, who doesn’t live in facts, and it doesn’t do any service to the voters in terms of deciding, looking at the contrast between us and how we’re going to govern if all she’s going to is shout over me, interrupt me, and spew lies?” she said on MSNBC this week.
“You wonder as a candidate if you’re doing everything you should be doing,” Sandra Kennedy, an elected member of the state Corporation Commission who led President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in Arizona, told the outlet. “You don’t want to wait till the day after the election and think, ‘Would I have done it another way?’”
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“I can’t say to you that she should have done or shouldn’t have done certain things,” Kennedy said. “She’s the candidate. But if I were the candidate for governor, I would debate, and I would want the people of Arizona to know what my platform is. And I would lay it out — lay it out in a way so they will know the difference between me and Kari Lake.”
Democrats expect Lake will have a standing invitation on Fox News and that her endorsement would be highly sought after if she wins, Axios reported.
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