{"id":2359267,"date":"2024-10-24T20:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-comments-about-kari-lakes-looks-as-his-mind-wanders-off-during-pro-kamala-rally\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:35:59","slug":"bill-clinton-comments-about-kari-lakes-looks-as-his-mind-wanders-off-during-pro-kamala-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-comments-about-kari-lakes-looks-as-his-mind-wanders-off-during-pro-kamala-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton Comments About Kari Lake&#8217;s Looks as His Mind Wanders Off During Pro-Kamala Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-clinton-comments-about-kari-lakes-looks-as-his-mind-wanders-off-during-pro-kamala-rally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2359267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Phoenix,\u200b former President Bill Clinton praised Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake for\u2063 her physical appearance while \u200bcampaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic\u2062 Rep. Ruben Gallego. Clinton \u2064characterized\u2062 the \u2064race as a microcosm of Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign,\u2063 contrasting Gallego&#8217;s upbringing\u200b with \u200dLake&#8217;s emphasis on \u2063appearances\u200c in politics. He further compared Lake to Senator J.D. \u200bVance and criticized her for aligning closely with former President\u2063 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Lake jokingly thanked Clinton for the compliment during a Trump rally, making light of their age \u2063difference \u2064and humorously referencing Clinton&#8217;s past dating rumors. Lake\u2062 asserted her commitment to her husband, drawing laughter from the crowd, \u2064and remarked on \u200cthe dangers of crossing Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Polls\u2063 indicate a \u2063tight race for both presidential and Senate seats \u2062in \u200cArizona, with Trump currently leading \u2063Harris by 1.5% and Lake trailing Gallego by 6.1%, although her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent \u200bnumbers show improvement<\/a>. Early voting trends\u2064 are reportedly favoring \u2064Republicans this cycle compared \u2063to 2020. Lake expressed confidence in her campaign, attributing \u200bher and Trump\u2019s popularity to their policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Democratic President Bill Clinton complimented Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake&rsquo;s looks, while stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego in Phoenix on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is like a beautiful microcosm of the campaign that Kamala Harris is running for president,&rdquo; Clinton said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/24\/us-news\/bill-clinton-calls-arizona-gop-senate-candidate-kari-lake-physically-attractive-kamala-harris-extremely-vulnerable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You got a person [Gallego] that grew up under sometimes challenging circumstances, who made something of his life, running against someone [Lake] who is physically attractive but believes that politics is a performance art,&rdquo; the 78-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-clinton-begins-ethel-kennedy-funeral-speech-talking-flirting-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton<\/a> then went a step further, likening Lake to Trump&rsquo;s vice presidential running mate Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-impresses-tim-walz-cant-comedy-podcast-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> of Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like J.D. Vance, she has to be prostrate before the master,&rdquo; Clinton said, referring to Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former President Bill Clinton calls Republican Kari Lake &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-calls-kari-lake-physically-attractive-while-stumping-for-gallego-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Bill Clinton calls Kari Lake \u2018physically attractive\u2019 while stumping for Gallego - Washington Examiner\">physically attractive&#038;rdquo<\/a>; while campaigning for Kamala Harris in Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2E9rBYpQq\">pic.twitter.com\/G2E9rBYpQq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1849575394195746827?\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lake, 55, responded to Clinton&rsquo;s remarks at a Trump rally in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday, saying, &ldquo; First of all, as a middle-aged woman, I&rsquo;m flattered. I&rsquo;m flattered, OK?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t get those kind of compliments every day. Two, I thought I was a little too old for him. Doesn&rsquo;t he like interns?&rdquo; she asked, drawing laughter from the large crowd at Mullett Arena on the Arizona State University campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lakes-daughter-attacked-radical-leftist-registering-voters-college-campus-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake<\/a> also noted that she&rsquo;s happily married to her husband Jeff Halperin, who she pointed out in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, she said, &ldquo;Nobody in their right mind wants to cross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-hillary-clinton-displays-sinister-smile-nods-agreement-dnc-crowd-screams-chant-targeting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>. It&rsquo;s just dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake?\">@KariLake<\/a> hilariously responds to Bill Clinton&rsquo;s compliments <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1Ecz7uAGI\">pic.twitter.com\/C1Ecz7uAGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RSBN &#127482;&#127480; (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1849541179001508254?\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Real Clear Polling average shows Trump with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.5 percent lead<\/a> in the Grand Canyon State over Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lake trails Gallego by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2024\/arizona\/lake-vs-gallego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6.1 percent<\/a> in the RCP average, but she has closed the gap with two recent polls having Lake trailing by 4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, as of Monday, more Republicans in Arizona had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-cant-lose-incredible-early-voting-trend-continues-political-expert-mark-halperin-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast their ballots<\/a> early than Democrats (approximately 214,000 to 179,000), a reverse from 2020, which seemingly works in both Trump&rsquo;s and Lake&rsquo;s favor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arizona&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-cant-lose-if-incredible-early-voting-trend-continues-political-expert-mark-halperin-says\/\" title=\"&#039;Donald Trump Can&#039;t Lose&#039; if Incredible Early Voting Trend Continues, Political Expert Mark Halperin Says\">early voting returns compared<\/a> to 2020. &#128064; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMgt5HFa4c\">pic.twitter.com\/lMgt5HFa4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1848574386044801096?\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-makes-two-recommendations-supporters-trying-avoid-election-day-chaos-seen-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> supporters last month it is a margin of error race with Gallego as far as polling goes, so it&rsquo;s a matter of turn out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to win this,&rdquo; Lake said. &ldquo;President&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;is hugely popular &hellip; because of what he&rsquo;s doing for us. We are popular because people love our policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure: Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal, is serving on a volunteer basis as chairman of Kari Lake&rsquo;s Senate campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Ruben Gallego in Phoenix on Wednesday. Clinton described the situation as a &#8220;beautiful microcosm&#8221; of Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign, highlighting Gallego&#8217;s challenging upbringing and contrasting it with Lake&#8217;s physical attractiveness and performance-oriented political style. He further compared Lake to Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, suggesting she is subservient to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In response at a Trump rally in Tempe, Arizona, Lake expressed her flattery at Clinton\u2019s comments but joked about being too old for him, referencing his past relationships with interns. She also emphasized her happy marriage and remarked on the dangers of crossing Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Polling shows Trump leading Kamala Harris by 1.5% in Arizona while Lake trails Gallego by 6.1%, though recent polls indicate she has narrowed that gap to 4%. Early voting trends show more Republicans than Democrats have voted so far this election cycle, which could benefit both Trump and Lake as they aim for turnout success in their campaigns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2359268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Clinton-v-Lake.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38900,32438,33066,36795],"class_list":["post-2359267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bill-clinton","tag-kamala-harris","tag-kari-lake","tag-political-rally"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Clinton-v-Lake.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}