AZ GOP kari Lake: ‘Call me Trump in a dress’
Newslooks- Sky News
Kari Lake: The election-denying Republican candidate for governor, Once a TV news anchor, Ms Lake now calls reporters “monsters” and has joined the band of “election deniers” who questioned the validity of President Joe Biden’s win. Some say she may be Donald Trump’s running mate if he stands for president again.
“You can call me Trump in a dress any day”, Kari Lake told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally.
Endorsed by Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for Arizona governor has learnt much from the rhetorical style and political tactics of the former president.
Ms Lake is a so-called “election denier” who has questioned the result of the 2020 presidential vote, yet she remains one of the sensations of the midterm elections.
Democrats worry she may soon be Mr Trump’s 2024 running mate or even a credible – and they argue dangerous – candidate for the White House.
Like Mr Trump, Ms Lake built her profile and fine-tuned her communication skills through television, anchoring Arizona’s local news broadcasts for 22 years.
On election results night 2020, as Mr Trump’s chances of victory were slipping away, she was in the TV studio resisting announcing Joe Biden had narrowly won her state.
Arizona later became ground-zero for the “Stop The Steal” movement to challenge that knife-edge result.
Ms Lake quit her highly-paid presenting job, complaining some in the media were “unethical, biased, completely immoral”. She has since called reporters “monsters”.
