Kari Lake confronted off towards an Arizona Democrat whereas testifying earlier than the Home International 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 very unhinged assault towards 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 up to now 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 stated. “I want I might yield again the final 5 minutes of my life, really. And I need to apologize to the folks of Arizona that now we have anyone who’s representing the oldsters in one in every of our nice elements of the Valley that doesn’t care concerning the integrity of our elections.”
She then tried to clarify to Stanton simply how damaging Voice of America’s protection may 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 may be broadcast in the present day on VOA.” Kari Lake had defined all through the listening to {that a} “firewall” presently 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 file, 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 may be broadcast in the present day on VOA, and you may’t decide up the telephone, 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 might sue you for breaking the firewall,” Lake instructed him.
In an excessive second of irony, Stanton instructed Lake, “For many years, each time authoritarians and dictators suppress the folks and declare victory in fraudulent elections, Voice of America countered these lies. I can’t think about how folks preventing for democracy in the present day and all over the world 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 completed this at house, 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, tons of 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 the entire polls exhibiting her within the lead within the days main as much as the election. However the corrupt courts continuously dominated towards 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 just 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 under:
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 info that counter Iranian state-run media spin that’s important to America’s long-term pursuits. Your job is to inform the folks of the world the reality about America. And due to that, there is a extra elementary situation I need to handle in the present day, and that’s character. You see, Ms. Lake, now we have each been public figures in Arizona for a very long time. I’ve seen you in motion, together with your conduct within the final two elections. And let me be clear about one thing, the American folks can not consider a phrase you say.
Stanton: You ran for governor in Arizona in 2022, and also you misplaced honest and sq.. As a substitute of conceding, you embarrassed your self and our state by mendacity repeatedly for years, blaming every thing beneath the solar to your loss, besides to 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 unsuitable. You lied about ballots being deliberately misprinted after which rejected the Republican areas. Complete BS. You lied and stated tons of of hundreds of ballots had been mishandled. Zero proof. You declare pretend ballots had been snuck in batches earlier than they had been counted. Come on. You repeated these lies repeatedly, and also you stated even just lately, “I’m the duly elected governor. They only stole it.” Give me a break. Miss Lake, your new function requires you to inform the reality. For many years, each time authoritarians and dictators suppress the folks and declare victory in fraudulent elections, Voice of America countered these lies. I am unable to think about how folks preventing for democracy in the present day and all over the world 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 you already know, VOA needed to not name Hamas terrorists so if we will berate the witness, you may as properly 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 will not be me saying it. You did not simply mislead the press. You took these lies to court docket and misplaced repeatedly. Each one in every of your lawsuits failed, and a federal choose stated 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 court docket. Ms. Lake, you could 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 combat our shoddy elections, and the courts haven’t caught up–
Stanton: That was a sure or no query. I suppose the reply is not any, and I reclaim my time. You have got been sanctioned by each the US District Court docket and the Arizona Supreme Court docket for “making false factual statements to the court docket,” 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 dying threats due to these lies. You instructed your supporters, Richer and fellow Republican County Supervisor Invoice Gates, that they “sabotaged Election Day.” You accused them actually printing the unsuitable picture on ballots to jam tabulators and injecting tons of of hundreds of phony ballots. What a joke. And this 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 court docket. 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. Effectively, 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, really. And I need to apologize to the folks of Arizona that now we have anyone who’s representing the oldsters in one in every 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 in the present day, the Company for International Media, and the way they will put out absolute, abject lies, and we will not management any— We’ve 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 stated 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 type of lies, and also you stated they had been lies, these sorts of lies may be broadcast in the present day on VOA, and you may’t decide up the telephone, 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 might sue you for breaking the firewall. So, lies are being instructed on Voice of America; it is inappropriate. You’ve got been subjected to lies that you simply stated 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 may 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 simply stated had been stated about you in the event that they went on Voice of America in the present day. You’d have to sit down and take it.
