Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
ARIZONA -– The thirteenth edition of The Lake Tapes shows that Kari Lake’s words have consequences. In 2022, Kari Lake called for delaying the certification of Arizona’s midterm elections, going so far as to say she wished that “one of these board of supervisors would stand up and say, ‘Then come on and arrest me. Bring it. Put the cuffs on and haul me out.’”
Two members of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors listened to her. Last week, they were indicted.
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Kari Lake: “I wish that one person in one of these board of supervisors would stand up and say, ‘Then come on and arrest me. Bring it. Put the cuffs on and haul me out.’”
Read more about Kari Lake’s 2022 comments and of last week’s indictments:
- Arizona Republic: 2 Cochise County supervisors indicted by grand jury on election interference charge
- Arizona Mirror: Cochise County supervisors face felony charges for delay in certifying 2022 election results
- Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts: This week, Lake got her wish as the two supervisors were indicted and now face a pair of class five felonies.
- Washington Post: Why new Ariz. indictments are key in the fight against election subversion. The losing Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, responded by effectively encouraging such officials to flout the law. “We need people with courage to say, ‘Class what felony? Go ahead, go for it, arrest me,’ ” Lake said. It turns out those officials effectively gave Lake what she wanted.
- Mediaite: Kari Lake Accuses Katie Hobbs of ‘Threatening’ Arizona County Officials to Certify Election in Latest Bizarre Claim
Kari Lake never stopped pushing election conspiracy theories. Here is a shortlist of conspiracy theories Lake has pushed about the 2020 and 2022 elections since her campaign launch just two months ago:
- On October 11th, the day after she launched, on Conservative Circus with James Harris: “You know what they did to us in the governor’s race on election day, is outrageous, and unforgivable. And I’m continuing to fight, all of my election cases are still moving forward. So I’m never going to give up on that.”
- October 26th on the Chad Hasty Show: “We’ve got some serious issues with the integrity of our elections, the way they’re being operated and run. And that’s why as, as what happened to us in the governor’s races was absolutely horrifying for the people of our state.”
- On October 28th on the Great America Show with Lou Dobbs: “I’ve had a lot of people say just let it go and move on to the next election. And I’m thinking, are you serious? That’s insane. We have to expose what’s going on here.”
- On November 12th: “Yes, I agree with Steve Bannon, anyone who thinks Joe Biden won 81 million votes does not have a grip on reality.”
- On November 15th, Lake said if her lawyers were disbarred: “‘I will represent myself before I drop the case. [Attorney] Kurt [Olsen] and Bryan are heroes.’”
- On November 24th: “I believe that the majority of Americans do not believe that Joe Biden got 81 million votes. It’s a It’s fantasy. If you think that you didn’t get 81 million votes, it’s impossible. It’s impossible.”
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