Kari Lake doesn't commit to accepting Arizona election result if she loses

[SouthBayDem]

Source: CNN

Arizona Republican Kari Lake would not commit Sunday to accepting the results of her upcoming election for governor if she loses.

“I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,” the GOP nominee told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” after being asked three times whether she would accept the election’s outcome. Lake dodged the question the first two times.

“If you lose, will you accept that?” Bash asked, to which Lake replied again: “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result.”

Lake, who has the backing of former President Donald Trump, has repeatedly promoted his false claims about the 2020 election. A former news anchor at a local Fox station in Phoenix, she has said that she would not have certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Arizona, repeatedly calling the election “stolen” and “corrupt.” She said Sunday that the “real issue” is that “the people don’t trust our elections.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/politics/kari-lake-arizona-election-katie-hobbs-cnntv/index.html

[bullimiami]

1. what-the-f-ever with these a-holes. a stupid question which was guaranteed a stupid answer.

it doesnt matter if she pretends to accept it or not.

[HighFired49]

42. Exactly

Makes absolutely no difference whether she concedes or not. The winner is whomever wins the vote. The other gets to go home. Period. I don't even know why anyone would ask whether the loser will concede. Makes no difference either way. Jeesh! Who cares??

[Eyeball_Kid]

45. She's mimicking Trumpy-Boy. She's showing loyalty to the Golden God.

How the voters of Arizona can even consider this ass wipe is beyond comprehension. She's a cheap, shallow fascist.

[Pantagruel]

2. Never directly answers

a question, just tries to slide into a prepared talking point.
She's a slippery female dog.

[onetexan]

13. Screw her. She's taking a page from the Con's playbook

Make the bogus claims of voter fraud to sway public opinion. Thats yhe GOP's playbook these days.

[Cha]

28. Yeah, and look at him now.

he said he wouldn't leave but here we are.

onetexan :

[onetexan]

29. Spot on. I just hope ppl see thru this Krazy Kari's lies

Aloha from Tx Cha

[Cha]

30. Mahalo & Aloha backatcha, onetexan!

Right.. I hope Katie Hobbs WINS.. and Beto! & Shapio!

[COL Mustard]

39. I hope so too, but why isn't Hobbs debating?

Seriously, it makes her look like she's afraid.

[DemocraticPatriot]

43. I initially supported her position to refuse to debate with a Trumptard rabid dog,

but now I suppose that may have been a mistake.



It does not necessarily help these deplorables, to allow them to spout their insane ideas in public, and act like assholes...


It didn't help Trump in 2020. Perhaps Joe's best debate line was,
'oh, why don't you shut up'. LOL

[COL Mustard]

47. I loved that line!

I wanted Joe to go over and punch him in his COVID-riddled mouth. Maybe Nancy can do it though.

[NullTuples]

16. She did directly answer, she just took extra words to say it. That's the Republican Way.

She did after all say that the only result she'd accept was if she won.

[Warpy]

3. That seems to be their new playbook

They were all hand picked and anointed by Jebus so if they lose, it was all Satan's fault and the results should be tossed out to restore order in the universe. Get it? Jebus! They can't possibly lose!

[Ocelot II]

4. Of course she won't; that's their playbook, borrowed from TFG.

"If I lose it's only because the election was stolen." Then if they do lose they can whine about election fraud and demand recounts and all that other shit, doing their best to delegitimize the election and the winner's administration so the winner is distrusted and can't get anything done. Then the GOPer can point to the resulting dysfunction and call it more proof that the election was stolen. Round and round we go.

[Eyeball_Kid]

46. In short, they're fascist bullies intent on forcing their way into power, by force if necessary.

If that's what Arizona wants, they can have it. IMO, when Lake made that statement, she's making an effort to lose. Folks don't like it when a fascist reveals who they are. Voters on the fence will look at what she's saying and think that a vote for Lake is a vote for the dissolution of the republic. Either you believe in the power of the vote, or you don't. Lake is clearly denouncing the will of the people.

[onecaliberal]

5. I don't give a fuck what she accepts. The voters decide.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

8. Truly! Wtf is all the media concern about the loser not accepting the voters will?? Screw them!

[onecaliberal]

9. The media is a really big problem in this country. It's all propaganda all of the time.

There is no investigative reporting. The orange cancer committed espionage and it was barely a blip on the fascist media radar.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. The Big 3 been onside with semi-fascism for a long time, Biden pointed at them also I wager.

[llashram]

6. above all ms lake says

I still want her to lose and hope that she loses. They are such corrupt snakes now.

[calimary]

12. You're not alone in that, my friend.

I daresay WE ALL do.

[grumpyduck]

7. I dunno...

IMHO, the Democrats should start doing the same.

Sure it's degrading, but I think the public in general will get really tired of seeing all this bullshit and it'll wind down from it's own weight.

Time to stop playing nice.

[Midnight Writer]

11. Interesting that she is still fighting the 2020 election, even though Arizona spent a fortune

on recounts and "audits", including an infamous one by hyper-partisan con artists Cyber Ninjas.

Every review of the election results have confirmed those results.

Yet, here she is on national TV, declaring again that the 2020 election was totally fraudulent, and presenting absolutely zero evidence of her claims.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Are we going to have to make a law that says any potential political candidate must...

agree to accept the certified will of the voters before they are allowed to run?

...because it sure as hell seems like we are.

[DFW]

15. That is the standard Stalinist answer

Don't fall for their "anti-kommanist/anti-soshalist" phony lines.

Stalinist French PCF boss Georges Marchais said it out loud decades ago. When asked if the French Communists would ever cede power after once having won it at the polls, his answer was, "why would anyone ever vote us out of power?"

As Stalin, himself, is reputed to have said: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

That is why Republicans are so adamant about being the ones allowed to count the votes--Republican hired auditors, Republican owned and programmed voting machines, etc. In Republicanworld, they either win or they win. It's the Stalinist way, and they embrace it with a bear hug.

[keithbvadu2]

26. Gangs of New York keep counting ballots

Gangs of New York keep counting ballots

[ZonkerHarris]

17. fuck that traitor.

[IronLionZion]

18. Her supporters shouldn't vote since it's fraudulent

[lees1975]

19. Shouldn't be able to pick and choose

either you accept it or you don't. It makes her look corrupt if she will only accept the results she likes. Well, if the shoe fits....

[Evolve Dammit]

20. She's worse than the Orange Con. Equally vile and dangerous but smarter.

[Shop olive]

21. if America elects this nut

I fear for our future.

[sdfernando]

22. This should have been thrown back at Kari

I would have said "OK, then you are not accepting the election results if you win" Say it as a statement. Force her to either say "no, thats isn't what I said" or "yes, thats true"...or if she says nothing, then she is in agreement with the statement.

[Obvious85]

23. Who Cares What She Thinks Or Accepts

She does not have the power to change the outcome. Conservatives have embraced 'NO INTEGRITY' as their credo

[DonCoquixote]

24. She said Sunday that the "real issue" is that "the people don't trust our elections."

Because you and the rest of the GOP have done their best to undermine them, whether it is by outright cheating, or using propganda to lie about the elections. You have done the sort of job that Josef Stalin could only have DREAMED of.

[keithbvadu2]

25. When several republicans are on the same ballot for different offices, the ones that win are an hone

When several republicans are on the same ballot for different offices, the ones that win are an honest election.

The ones that lose are because of voter fraud.

Same voter(s).

[Cha]

27. Take her Away in a White Coat then..

DT said he wasn't leaving.. and look at him now.

[peppertree]

31. +1

She won't commit? Let'er be committed.

[elleng]

32. NONE of the, do, spoiled brats!

[oldsoftie]

33. Im waiting to see the meltdown in GA If Kemp wins & Walker doesn't.

At this point thats what I kind of expect. And if that happens, just wait for the "RIGGED!!!" "Kemp was paid off!" "Chinese voting equipment!" screams.
They'll say Kemp made a deal to win & "let" the Dems keep the Senate seat. Just wait.

[Marthe48]

34. Her refusal to accept the election doesn't help people respect the results

She is an irresponsible ass who is willing to burn down the country for traitor. So she is a traitor on top of being and ass.

[SuperCoder]

35. Bet you they have all been trained extensively

...by the loser, liar, and former Hitler in chief.

"Just say the 2020 election was corrupt. We'll do the rest."

[Orrex]

36. Such a fuckheaded statement should disqualify a prospective candidate.

They are explicitly declaring that they will not participate in good faith and that in fact their intention is to subvert the will of their constituents.

[turbinetree]

37. So when you lose ......Hobbs and the rest of Arizona moves on....

[pink]

38. She also insinuated that votes that weren't counted on the day of the election shouldn't count n/t

[geretogo]

40. Putan says the same thing . She would be more at home in Russia .

[bluestarone]

41. I don't give a rats ass what she will accept

These loonies can all have a I DON'T ACCEPT PARTY by themselves AFTER they LOSE!!

[Marcuse]

44. The only way she'll get into the Capitol on her own is by breaking and entering.