Far-right GOP candidate Kari Lake appears to have lost her bid to become Arizona Governor. Numerous outlets have now called the election for Lake’s Democratic opponent, Katie Hobbs. The latter was leading Lake by around 26,000 votes last night, with 97% of votes counted.
One of those to celebrate Lake’s loss was Liz Cheney. The GOP congresswoman, who lost her Wyoming primary earlier in the year and is considered a pariah by many on the right of the party, publicly called for people not to vote for Lake.
Lake’s defeat was too good an opportunity for Cheney to pass up.
Cheney posed a simple tweet, reposting an open letter Lake posted in October. In that letter, Lake mockingly thanked Cheney for her “contribution to my campaign.”
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She went on to say to Cheney, “Your recent television ad urging Arizonans not to vote for me is doing just the opposite. Our campaign donations are skyrocketing and our website nearly crashed from traffic as people rushed to learn more about my plan to put Arizona First … In fact, my team tells me your commercial should add another 10 points to our lead! I guess that’s why they call the Cheney anti-endorsement the gift that just keeps on giving.”
Cheney’s response, in light of Lake’s defeat, was simple: “You’re welcome, @KariLake”
You’re welcome, @KariLake. https://t.co/5jVFIprwxS
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 15, 2022
Cheney’s tweet has had over 300k likes in less than 12 hours.
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Kari Lake refuses to concede
Unsurprisingly, Lake has yet to concede defeat. She is already questioning the validity of the count. In a tweet yesterday, she said, “Arizonans know BS when they see it.”
Many questioned whether she was talking about herself.
A rare moment of self-awareness here.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) November 15, 2022
Apparently so. https://t.co/m8SOPgIghW
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 15, 2022
Another person celebrating Lake’s defeat was Phoenix drag queen, Barbra Seville.
In the summer, Lake jumped on the anti-drag queen bandwagon. This prompted a former friend, Seville (aka Richard Stevens), to reveal that Lake, when she worked in TV news, was a regular attendee at his shows. Stevens says he performed as Marilyn Monroe in front of Lake’s daughter when she was around 9 or 10.
Posting to Instagram, Seville highlighted his role in Lake’s defeat.
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Reacting to her win, Hobbs said, “Democracy is worth the wait. Thank you, Arizona. I am so honored and so proud to be your next Governor.”
Democracy is worth the wait.
Thank you, Arizona.
I am so honored and so proud to be your next Governor. pic.twitter.com/O6ZFSHbIBe
— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) November 15, 2022
Jim
OMG
I use to detest Liz
Then I began to respect her.
Now I might become a fan.
Is the end of days at hand????
G-Man
I give Liz Cheney credit for standing up for what’s right unlike her GOP colleagues. But she still has some atoning to do for some of her past transgressions. At least she’s heading in the right direction.
cantouchthis
Yeah, I imagine you would like someone when they pander to your interests.
Not rocket science or the rapture.
CNY1983
maybe the morons at fox are interested, the rest of us dont care if she takes a nose dive off the grand canyon.
GlobeTrotter
As they say, “pride cometh before the fall”…
Neoprene
Among the deranged Trumpers, I’d nominate Kari as the most deranged. And she’s not going away anytime soon, unless…
bachy
She’s a flaming nutcake. Enduring MTG’s political platform is bad enough, I was not looking forward to Kari Snake snagging a political spotlight.
God Bless the People of ARIZONA!!!
Mack
“Arizonans know BS when they see it.” I guess that’s why they didn’t vote for her.
cantouchthis
How is tulsi gabbard “gay hating”?
What ridiculous slander.
Eternal.Cowboy
Given that you don’t know that difference between slander and libel it really isn’t surprising that you are also unaware of Gabbard’s well documented homophobic past.
prehbine
Gotta love Liz trolling the dragged out queen Car-i Lake. I’d have done the job myself, but in twitter jail and truth social kicked me off their platform….what’s a gurl to do huh???
Jimmynj
Kari Lake is like Trump, a loser that can’t accept defeat. I’m pretty sure this weekend she’s applying to be a dishwasher at Mar-A-Lago