Kari Lake’s Senate campaign launch was noticeably different from her previous gubernatorial run, focusing on rising inflation, gas prices, and border issues, with a softer approach towards voters who backed President Joe Biden, marking a significant shift in her political message and style. Lake’s rally drew over 200 supporters and featured conservative talking points and an endorsement video from former President Donald Trump, underlining her determination to continue the fight despite her previous loss in the Arizona governor’s race and ongoing election fraud claims.
via politico:
Kari Lake launched her long-awaited Senate campaign with a 50-minute speech on Tuesday that bore little resemblance to the fire and brimstone candidacy that marked her gubernatorial bid two years ago.
Appearing in an airplane hangar in 94-degree heat, the former TV anchor devoted much of her address to lamenting rising inflation, gas prices and the border crisis. The script suggested a candidate keenly invested in trying to tweak her image. It contained just one passing reference to the election fraud claims that she has harped on so much that they came to politically define her.
At times she even softened her language toward voters who backed President Joe Biden — a massive 180 from the “get the hell out” message she once gave to those who cast a vote for “loser” Sen. John McCain.
“I don’t think you’re a threat to democracy. You are a citizen just like me,” she told the crowd. “And I know you’re struggling as well. We’re all struggling — there’s not a gas pump out there for Republicans and one for Democrats.”
via nbcnews:
Republican Kari Lake kicked off her campaign for the Senate on Tuesday night with a boisterous rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, rattling off conservative talking points and playing an endorsement video from former President Donald Trump.
“This mama bear has a whole lot of fight left in her,” Lake told more than 200 supporters. “I am not going to retreat. I’m going to stand on top of this hill with every single one of you, and I know you’re by my side as I formally announce my candidacy for the United States Senate.”
Lake, a former TV anchor, lost the Arizona governor’s race last year; she has refused to concede the race and continues to litigate her allegations of fraud. In her announcement speech, she suggested divine intervention kept her out of the governor’s mansion.