While giving an interview on Monday, noted election denier and Trump ally Kari Lake acknowledged that she wasn’t exactly sure who “stole the election” after being pressed for proof.
Lake, who lost Arizona’s gubernatorial race in 2022 to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), is now running for one of Arizona’s Senate seats and continuing to push claims about our elections not being secure at the same time.
While speaking with the radio show “Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos,” Lake claimed that the 2022 election was also stolen from her, but when asked how they did it, she couldn’t give a reason.
“Yeah, well, you can look at my lawsuits, and I’m happy to do that. But I don’t want to sit and look backwards because, as you have complained, she just constantly looks backward,” Lake said. “I want to look forward, and these lawsuits are meant to make sure that going forward, our elections are strong, that the people of Arizona have faith in them.”
When pressed again for answers on how the race was stolen from her, she said she wasn’t sure who did it but was confident it happened.
“The elections are run poorly. They’re — they’re run very poorly, and I don’t know who exactly stole the election, but there are a lot of people who are running elections poorly, and we’ve seen the results,” Lake said.
Turning her sights to 2024, Lake said that she wants this upcoming election day to go smoothly, but she fears there is too much opportunity for fraud.
“I’m hoping that you’re not okay with four, five, and six-hour lines and 60 percent of the machines not working on Election Day,” she said. “I think that every Arizonan wants to make sure when they cast their one legal vote, it counts. We have election month, and we count votes for two weeks. It’s not working out. There’s too many areas where fraud can slip in.”
