WATCH: Kari Lake Gives An Update On Her Ongoing Fight Over The 2022 Election
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It doesn’t look like the former journalist is going to back down anytime soon.
Lake has been called an “election denier” in the Corporate Media for questioning the results of the 2020 election after changes were made to voting rules in several states — some of which were implemented in a rush causing some minor levels of chaos with mail-in ballots, and, in Pennsylvania, the changes violated the state constitution but were implemented anyway.
This is a new standard from the Corporate Media which has fearmongered about foreign influence in elections since 2016 and has famously cheered on as Democrats questioned the validity of elections in over two decades.
The election has been called for Lake’s opponent, Katie Hobbs, and has been certified by all but Cochise County, a rural Republican area.
Hobbs, who was Secretary of State and oversaw the election is now suing Cochise County for not certifying by the deadline.
JUST IN: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) sues Cochise County for failing to certify its election results by today's statutory deadline. Hobbs alleges that the county and its supervisors are violating Arizona law.
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) November 29, 2022
This is an egregious abuse of power but when has that ever stopped you before?
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) November 29, 2022
But it isn’t so cut and dry — one Supervisor in Mohave County said that he was voting to certify under duress.
🚨 Breaking 🚨
"I found out today that I have no choice but to vote "Aye" or I will be arrested and charged with a felony."
Ron Gould of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors was told he would be arrested if he did not certify the election.
Mohave was certified under duress. pic.twitter.com/Urt0aWIiyM
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) November 29, 2022
A lot of people trying to dunk on this can't see the forest from the trees.
The secretary of state is abusing her power to give herself a promotion.
How certain counties voted is missing the point.
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) November 28, 2022
On Monday, the GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate gave an update on what she is doing now. She gave an explanation of some of the problems with the election, the conflicts of interest in the Arizona election, and what she’s doing to continue her fight.
An update on our Fight, Arizona: pic.twitter.com/tXrjrTFDc8
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 29, 2022
Maricopa is now facing a public records lawsuit by Lake who says that she is committed to election transparency.
Maricopa country faces a public records lawsuit by Kari Lake who has reportedly flagged several voting issues in her race for governor.
MORE: https://t.co/nYsUKOALEv / @RobFinnertyUSA / @AlisonMaloni pic.twitter.com/6XwfVi1BE6
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) November 28, 2022
Now that the election has been certified, Lake is working to legally challenge the results.
The charismatic former news anchor was backed by both Trump and DeSantis and seemed to garner quite a bit of support at campaign events and on social media, while her opponent chose the “basement Biden” strategy and refused to debate.
There appear to have been a number of problems with the elections, but Arizona election officials dismiss the claims as a conspiracy theory and explain them away.
Here is one of the Supervisors for the Maricopa County Board of Elections, Steve Gallardo of District 5 blasting Lake for what he says is essentially shaping the narrative surrounding the election to her benefit by posting videos of voters who spoke out about their experiences trying to cast their ballots.
Maricopa Superv’s done w/Kari Lake. This is 🔥: “You look at the twitter feed of Kari Lake, they put up 28 posts of people yelling at us. But once the public comment was done, that was it. That’s all they want supporters to know. They don’t want to let the voters know the truth.” pic.twitter.com/EE1NO2BdH3
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 28, 2022
The Kari Lake War Room Twitter account has been posting video after video and highlighting what could certainly be called “election irregularities” if not “disenfranchisement” by the Corporate Media if Lake had a “D” after her name.
Right-wing journalist Ben Bergquam posted a video of the Maricopa County Board of Elections certifying the election while being heckled by a Lake supporter.
The moment Maricopa County certified their own corruption! The self-righteous sanctimonious response by Bill Gates was sickening! @RealAmVoice @karilake @WendyRogersAZ @MTG4America @AgueroForTexas @PapiTrumpo @AprilMossTV @JackPosobiec @charliekirk11 pic.twitter.com/0yia5wfhpW
— Ben Bergquam – Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) November 28, 2022
There were seemingly a number of problems in Arizona, most notably in Maricopa County — one of the largest counties in the country.
Here is just a selection of the Lake has been highlighting:
Watch this woman ROAST Stephen Richer: 84.3% of poll workers in Maricopa have zero confidence in the election process. pic.twitter.com/fNwAimBvqm
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) November 28, 2022
More votes than voters? Uncensored details on the election mess in Arizona on my Unifyd channel: https://t.co/plcljuyJ8P pic.twitter.com/sTrJid6ZFN
— Ivory Hecker (@IvoryHecker) November 22, 2022
Maricopa County asserts that it was voters who expected to (gasp!) vote on Election Day who caused all of the problems with the election. 🤦🏼♀️
— Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) November 28, 2022
One poll worker says that voters were disenfranchised because of the issues with the printers, long lines, and because the poll workers weren’t trained properly.
Maricopa Poll Worker CONFIRMS: Poll Workers WERE NOT trained properly, voters were 100% disenfranchised.
“Every single one of us who’s a poll worker right now is making fun of you” pic.twitter.com/HjXrWM50Bx
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 28, 2022
To many people, something just doesn’t seem right with this election. There were problems with in-person voting apparently in GOP-heavy counties — printer issues, tabulator malfunctions, long lines, registration problems, the mysterious “Box 3”, and several days to count the votes… it all looks suspicious in a purple state with close margins and some prominent Democras involved in the election openly against the Republican candidate.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer and Board of Elections Supervisor Bill Gates started a dark money PAC opposing MAGA candidates in Arizona — specifically Kari Lake.
News: @stephen_richer, the Maricopa County recorder, is launching a PAC to support Rs running for non-federal AZ offices who "acknowledge the validity of the 2020 election and condemn the events of Jan. 6, 2021 as a terrible result of the lies told about the November election."
— Meg Cunningham (@Meg_Cunn) November 17, 2021
The man in charge of Maricopa Co's disastrous elections is Stephen Richer.
He ran an anti-Kari Lake PAC.
AZ Sun Times: ALL expenditures from Richer's PAC were spent telling Arizonans NOT to vote for Lake.
Please Tell @GeneralBrnovich to investigate.
https://t.co/Nu9hiJVpTb— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 24, 2022
Adrian Fontes is a Democrat & he was the Maricopa County Recorder that changed Election procedures to what they are currently today. Hello?!!Anybody home?!!!
Stephen Richer/Bill Gates started an Anti-MAGA PAC to stop MAGA candidates who are America 1st.https://t.co/B97TarfoNS https://t.co/GS0QY6WfWn— Christian Lamar (@christianllamar) November 18, 2022
So, you’ve got the Secretary of State who oversees the election running as a candidate and hiding from the public, two county officials opposing MAGA candidates, then you’ve got major issues on election day that began from the moment the polls opened, and days to count the votes with razor-thin margins… but the election officials insist that it was a “free and fair” election and you’re not allowed to question it.
But there’s more…
Fewer Democrats and more Republicans came out to vote than in 2018, but somehow that didn’t translate into more GOP votes.
In 2022, according to Maricopa County:
75.4% of Republicans turned out, up from 2018
68.5% of Democrats turned out, down from 2018
There are more registered Republicans (1,436,852) than Democrats (1,270,544) in AZ
Yet…no GOP candidate benefited (Except the treasurer!😂) pic.twitter.com/4fJsV9EuH7
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) November 28, 2022
Independent journalist, Natalie Winters said that she had found evidence that Katie Hobbs was funded by a PAC that received money from disgraced crypto bro, Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX.
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FTX Funded $27 Million PAC Led By Democrat Campaign Consultant In Arizona Who Supported Katie Hobbs. pic.twitter.com/7MDRmpDKlT
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) November 26, 2022
MORE RECEIPTS: pic.twitter.com/NiYisRfPzj
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) November 26, 2022
Right-wing journalist Ben Bergquam spoke before the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and it was absolute fire.
🚨 STOP what you are doing and WATCH this. This is the BEST explanation of Maricopa County Election-Day Disaster you will ever watch. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/2Df0Lx3Aym
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 28, 2022
Lake continues to tweet that she doesn’t believe that the election was fair because of all the problems on election day, nor was the handling transparent.
"Democracy" doesn't die in darkness.
It stripped away in broad daylight in counties all across Arizona.
Where the voices of voters are silenced so that corrupt bureaucratic business can go on as usual.
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) November 29, 2022
If Democrats don’t want Republicans questioning the results of elections that they’re in charge of, then they’d better make damned sure that the process is completely transparent and run with efficiency.
If governor-elect Katie Hobbs is getting slammed by her GOP “election denier” opponent, then she should have made the process better and beyond question just like Florida did after the 2000 recount.
Frankly, it doesn’t bode well for the state of Arizona if this is how Hobbs runs an election.