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Former journalist Kari Lake won the GOP gubernatorial primary in Arizona. The AP called the race two days after polls closed on Tuesday.
She defeated lawyer Karrin Taylor Robson.
Lake, who supported former President Barack Obama and was backed by former President Donald Trump, was expected to win. She will face Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, in the November general election.
Lake has said that she would decertify the 2020 election as she has refused to accept Joe Biden’s electoral victory. “He lost the election, and he shouldn’t be in the White House,” she said on June 29. She has even baselessly claimed there was election fraud in the 2022 primary that she won.
During her campaign, Lake was confrontational with the press, namely left-leaning outlets.
On Tuesday, she attacked NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, who confronted Lake about her claims of voter fraud in the GOP primary and the 2020 election.
“But you haven’t even laid out any fraud or irregularities,” said Hillyard.
“And unfortunately people like Vaughn are about destroying America,
“But what fraud is there, Kari? What fraud is there? This is serious–” he continued.
“Do you want to make this about you?” asked Lake.
“This is about you know, this is about Arizona voters and their faith in this election,” replied Hillyard.
“The last person on the planet Earth, I would tell about what we discovered is you and MSDNC,” retorted Lake.
“So you know about a crime and yet you’re not reporting it to the authorities?” asked Hillyard.
“I’m not telling you about it,” said Lake.
In June, she fundraised off a video of her mistreating CNN national correspondent Kyung Lah. The video shows Lake approaching Lah , who, in a friendly tone of voice, said, “Hi, Kari … nice to see you. Kyung Lah from CNN.”
Lake, who said hello to Lah when she said “Hi, Kari,” told Lah, “You don’t have a mask on anymore. What’s going on?”
“We’re outside,” replied Lah. “Do you have a minute to chat?”
“Well, we’re six feet apart,” said Lake.
“Do you have a minute to chat,” asked Lah.
In response, Lake disses CNN by bringing up its defunct and short-lived streaming service CNN+.
“Um, I’ll do an interview … as long as it airs on CNN+,” she said. “Does that still exist?”
“I didn’t think so because the people don’t like what you guys are peddling, which is propaganda,” added Lake. “Thank you.”
Lake proceeded to enter a building.