Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake, who lost her campaign against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) last election cycle, says she will never seek public office again.
“We know what’s going on in Arizona and we’ll never take it for granted. But there’s a corrupt machine here that’s trying to keep me from holding public office. So I’m putting my family and myself through the torture of running again.” ” Lake wrote in a post to X on Saturday.
Gallego, who served in the House for nearly a decade representing the Phoenix-based seat, won against Lake with 50.1% of the vote compared to Lake’s 47.7%, according to a poll tally by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). conclusion.
Lake announced his Senate run in October 2023 and entered the race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) seat as a candidate for the Republican nomination. The Republican Party is a strong ally of President-elect Trump. Trump endorsed her in a social media video. Lake previously denied losing the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.
“I am so tired of watching our politicians retreat from every important battle. “They are cowards.” Lake pledged to supporters in October that he would be “the most pro-American senator in the country.”
“Because they surrendered so many hills, that’s how we got into the mess we have now. We are now at the last hill. “I’m not giving up on this hill,” she said.
Lake has recently been in the spotlight after Trump nominated her to lead the Voice of America (VOA), but Lake’s history of attacking the media and floating baseless theories about voter fraud raised eyebrows that the outlet could be used as a megaphone by the federal government. It aroused. To push pro-Trump propaganda around the world.
In a post Saturday, Lake pledged to support Trump and help reform the media outlet. President Trump said his vision is for Lake to “ensure that American values of liberty and freedom are broadcast fairly and accurately around the world, contrary to the lies spread by the fake news media.”
“I’m going to Washington DC to bring back the glory days of @VOANews and help President Trump Make America Great Again,” Lake wrote.
