Kari Lake confronted off in opposition to an Arizona Democrat whereas testifying earlier than the Home Overseas Affairs Committee on Wednesday, and she or he completely obliterated him when he tried to assault her over the stolen 2022 election.
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) used his time to launch a totally unhinged assault in opposition to Lake for greater than 5 straight minutes over the 2022 election for Arizona Governor, which clearly was stolen from her, to attain low cost political factors by calling her a “liar” and a “loser.”
His assaults went thus far that he was condemned by Rep. Issa, the interim chairman of the Committee, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) interjected a number of occasions to slam him for mendacity.
Lake gave an unimaginable response, inflicting him to lose it! “That was full madness,” she mentioned. “I want I might yield again the final 5 minutes of my life, truly. And I need to apologize to the individuals of Arizona that we’ve got someone who’s representing the parents in certainly one of our nice elements of the Valley that doesn’t care concerning the integrity of our elections.”
She then tried to elucidate to Stanton simply how damaging Voice of America’s protection could be to American officers, utilizing an obvious incident the place he was reported to be concerned in a relationship with one other man, saying, “these sorts of lies could be broadcast at this time on VOA.” Kari Lake had defined all through the listening to {that a} “firewall” at present prevents anyone, together with elected officers, from having any editorial oversight or being allowed to affect the content material VOA places out.
And he misplaced it, screaming his calls for that her feedback be stricken from the document, however he later walked it again, noting, “I wasn’t involved in any respect about what she was saying.” She appeared to have struck a nerve.
“These sorts of lies could be broadcast at this time on VOA, and you’ll’t choose up the cellphone, Consultant Stanton, and name them and say, ‘hey, you’re placing out lies about me.’ You wouldn’t be capable to do this as a result of they’d sue you for breaking the firewall,” Lake advised him.
In an excessive second of irony, Stanton advised Lake, “For many years, at any time when authoritarians and dictators suppress the individuals and declare victory in fraudulent elections, Voice of America countered these lies. I can’t think about how individuals combating for democracy at this time and around the globe can belief somebody who has so shamelessly lied about her personal election.” Who higher an individual than the sufferer of a stolen election and one who understands the significance of safe elections to inform the story and cease a dictator from claiming victory in a stolen election? Kari Lake has already achieved this at residence, and she will do it overseas.
The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on Lake’s 2022 election, the place 60% of the voting machines failed on election day, a whole bunch of hundreds of ballots had been mishandled and injected into the ultimate rely, and mail-in poll signatures didn’t match these of the voter. Lake “misplaced” the race by lower than 1%, regardless of all the polls displaying her within the lead within the days main as much as the election. However the corrupt courts always dominated in opposition to her and even sanctioned her!
Extra just lately, The Gateway Pundit reported that new allegations of election fraud involving the comingling of voted mail-in ballots with clean ballots throughout the 2024 election in Maricopa County, Arizona, have surfaced. This additional attracts into query the outcomes of the 2020 and 2022 elections, which Lake got here beneath hearth for questioning.
A number of Democrats have attacked Lake, calling her a liar for refusing to simply accept the outcomes of the 2020 election and her stolen 2022 election for Governor of Arizona.
However Stanton’s try to smear Lake on behalf of his fellow Arizona Democrat, Katie Hobbs, was hilarious.
Watch the epic trade beneath:
Stanton: Ms. Lake, your actions as Senior Advisor or eroding American delicate energy across the globe. We shouldn’t be dismantling the company that combats propaganda from the Chinese language Communist Celebration, the Kremlin, and Tehran. Particularly now, you want to have the ability to broadcast details that counter Iranian state-run media spin that’s important to America’s long-term pursuits. Your job is to inform the individuals of the world the reality about America. And due to that, there is a extra elementary concern I need to deal with at this time, and that’s character. You see, Ms. Lake, we’ve got each been public figures in Arizona for a very long time. I’ve seen you in motion, together with your habits within the final two elections. And let me be clear about one thing, the American individuals can not imagine a phrase you say.
Stanton: You ran for governor in Arizona in 2022, and also you misplaced truthful and sq.. As an alternative of conceding, you embarrassed your self and our state by mendacity many times for years, blaming all the pieces beneath the solar on your loss, besides on your personal poisonous politics. You lied about that election to this very day. You lied about signatures on mail-in ballots not matching these on file. Confirmed flawed. You lied about ballots being deliberately misprinted after which rejected the Republican areas. Complete BS. You lied and mentioned a whole bunch of hundreds of ballots had been mishandled. Zero proof. You declare faux ballots had been snuck in batches earlier than they had been counted. Come on. You repeated these lies many times, and also you mentioned even just lately, “I’m the duly elected governor. They simply stole it.” Give me a break. Miss Lake, your new function requires you to inform the reality. For many years, at any time when authoritarians and dictators suppress the individuals and declare victory in fraudulent elections, Voice of America countered these lies. I am unable to think about how individuals combating for democracy at this time and around the globe can belief somebody who has so shamelessly lied about her personal election.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: Will the gentleman yield for a query? Simply so , VOA wished to not name Hamas terrorists so if we will berate the witness, you may as effectively be factual concerning the proof.
Stanton: Ms. Lake, to regain a semblance of your credibility, are you lastly able to admit you misplaced the 2022 Arizona election?
Lake: It saddens me that you’re from Arizona, and also you’re okay with–
Stanton: On this case, these are adjudicated lies. Courts of legislation have decide that these are lies. These aren’t me saying it. You did not simply misinform the press. You took these lies to courtroom and misplaced many times. Each certainly one of your lawsuits failed, and a federal decide mentioned they had been furthering false narratives that blamelessly undermined public belief, and also you did not simply lie. You had been formally sanctioned by the courtroom. Ms. Lake, you might have been sanctioned twice for offering false info to courts. Is not that true? Sure or No?
Lake:I used to be courageous sufficient to battle our shoddy elections, and the courts haven’t caught up–
Stanton: That was a sure or no query. I assume the reply isn’t any, and I reclaim my time. You could have been sanctioned by each the US District Courtroom and the Arizona Supreme Courtroom for “making false factual statements to the courtroom,” and also you had been sued for defamation by a Republican election official, Steven Richer. He and his household had been subjected to harassment and even loss of life threats due to these lies. You advised your supporters, Richer and fellow Republican County Supervisor Invoice Gates, that they “sabotaged Election Day.” You accused them actually printing the flawed picture on ballots to jam tabulators and injecting a whole bunch of hundreds of phony ballots. What a joke. And here is the factor, Ms. Lake, when it got here all the way down to it, you chickened out. You refused to defend these lies in courtroom. You determined to take a default judgment. You’re an adjudicated liar and a two time political loser in Arizona! I’ve one last query. You misplaced for governor in 2022 to Katie Hobbs. You misplaced even worse to Ruben Gallego for Senate in 2022. Properly, Arizona has one other election for Governor subsequent 12 months. Will you do us all a favor and run it again and run for Governor once more?
Lake: Can I reply to that as a result of that was full madness. I Want I might yield again the final 5 minutes of my life, truly. And I need to apologize to the individuals of Arizona that we’ve got someone who’s representing the parents in certainly one of our nice elements of the Valley that does not care concerning the integrity of our elections. However you were not right here, you got here in late, and we had been speaking about USAGM at this time, the Company for World Media, and the way they’ll put out absolute, abject lies, and we won’t management any— We have now no say over what the editorial content material is, and I might hope that you wouldn’t be okay with that. They may actually put out a lie about anyone right here, and I do know you have been a sufferer of that. I do know you have been a sufferer. I keep in mind the tales about you after they mentioned you had homosexual lover, and people had been going out—
Stanton: Mr. Chair! I hope you honor what you simply gave as a warning to everybody, and I transfer these phrases be stricken!
Lake: To let you know that these sort of lies, and also you mentioned they had been lies, these sorts of lies could be broadcast at this time on VOA, and you’ll’t choose up the cellphone, Consultant Stanton, and name them and say, “hey, you are placing out lies about me.” You wouldn’t be capable to do this as a result of they’d sue you for breaking the firewall. So, lies are being advised on Voice of America; it is inappropriate. You’ve got been subjected to lies that you just mentioned had been lies about you within the media earlier than, and the way would you want these lies had been placed on Voice in America proper now? As a result of they might do it, and also you could not do a factor about it. You could not cease it. You could not cease all these lies that you just mentioned had been mentioned about you in the event that they went on Voice of America at this time. You’d have to sit down and take it.
