Kari Lake was apparently unaware that people in Armenia spoke Armenian during an awkward exchange Wednesday with a House Democrat.
Lake — a senior adviser to the U.S. Agency of Global Media — was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify on the future of the agency under her leadership. While Lake was questioned by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), Costa took a brief detour to ask her something about Armenia:
COSTA: I’d like to specify a particular area that deals with Armenia and the Voice of Armenia. Do you happen to know, Ms. Lake — I come from the land of William Saroyan — and I assume you know what language the people of Armenia speak?LAKE: I’ve actually heard it. It’s a beautiful language. I can’t name it. Can you please tell me?COSTA: Yeah, it’s Armenian.LAKE: (laughs) Trick question.COSTA: The story of Armenian language, and the Voice of Armenia, was so that the people of Armenia would understand — who were under the oppression of the Soviet Union — what America stood for and what our values stood for.
During that same hearing, things spiraled out of control when Rep. Greg Stanton (R-AZ) brought up Lake’s previous election losses when she ran for public office. In response, Lake brought up rumors that Stanton had a gay lover.
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