“If There Was A Unity Memo, Kari Lake Didn’t Get It” 

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

ARIZONA -– In case you missed it, Kari Lake delivered a “scorched earth” speech at the Republican National Convention. Her remarks left reporters observing that “if there was a unity memo, Kari Lake didn’t get it” but instead “burned it.” 

WATCH:

“The most recent news in the last five minutes is, if there was a unity memo, Kari Lake didn’t get it or didn’t follow it.”

“Burned it.”

“We should note she is a TV news anchor in her career, that’s how she rose to prominence, but she opened with her attacks on the media…This is a moment not unlike a few others we have covered with the talk of potential unity or outreach is balanced by the crop of candidates they have. Kari Lake lost her race for governor. She’s running now for Senate.”

“Well, look, I’ll say first, Kari Lake starting her speech with that attack on the press is something that — it’s striking in particular because of the events of this past weekend. I’ll tell you, it’s particularly striking for me because I was there, in the press pen, and in the immediate aftermath of the shooting as we were still trying to figure out what was going on, we were going live on the air from that venue, we did have a lot of Trump supporters, rally goers come and start screaming at the news media, angry at the news media, blaming us for what happened to him. The temperature really has been turned up in a lot of ways, and the former president has said he wants to turn that temperature down. He says he wants to focus on unity. But as you heard from Kari Lake there, not everyone is necessarily taking that direction to heart.”

“We have been listening to Kari Lake with a fairly scorched earth presentation.”