For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
Contact: Olivia Taylor-Puckett, otpuckett@azdem.org
Where In The World Is Kari Lake? In A Florida Grocery Store!
ARIZONA -– Today, Kari Lake continues her pattern of hosting events outside of the state she is running to represent – despite her campaign struggling in Arizona – this time in a grocery store in Naples, Florida to sign books.
She will be at Seed to Table, owned by Alfie Oakes who funded a bus that took approximately 100 people to the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Oakes said of January 6th, “[it] was amazing […] I have never been surrounded by so many great Americans.” The grocery store has been described as a “a shrine to Trump and Trumpism,” hosting conspiracy theorists like Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Charlie Kirk.
Not only is this another instance of Kari Lake’s “cross-country itinerary […] better suited for someone with national aspirations or a book to sell” than an Arizona Senate campaign, it is more evidence that Kari Lake is “still an extremist” actively associating with insurrectionists and conspiracy theorists.
Read more about Kari Lake’s “anywhere but Arizona” campaign:
- Phoenix New Times: Anywhere but Arizona: Kari Lake loves to campaign. Just not here. “Kari Lake’s campaign to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate has been underway for a month, but the former TV anchor has been busy campaigning everywhere but the Grand Canyon State.”
- Vanity Fair: Kari Lake’s Senate Bid Is Giving Off Trump-Veep Vibes: “She’s Hedging Her Bets”: Kari Lake is ostensibly running for a US Senate seat in Arizona, but the cross-country itinerary she’s mapped out to promote her campaign appears better suited for someone with national aspirations or a book to sell.
- Axios Phoenix: “At public events since her campaign launch — many of which have been out of state — Lake has appeared with election deniers, including the filmmaker behind the debunked conspiracy documentary ‘2000 Mules.’”
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