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Kari Lake wins CPAC vice president poll, topping DeSantis, Haley
The Hill ^ | 03/05/23 7:16 PM ET | LAUREN SFORZA

Posted on 03/06/2023 2:06:22 PM PST by conservative98

Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won a straw poll for the Republican vice presidential pick during the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) this weekend.

Among a field of 28 candidates, Lake won the poll with 20 percent of the vote, beating former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis received 14 percent of the vote, and Haley, who announced her bid for the White House last month, won 10 percent.

Lake, who was also a featured speaker at CPAC’s Ronald Reagan Dinner over the weekend, has refused to accept her loss in the governor’s race last November and is challenging the election results in court.

Her official campaign Twitter account responded to the CPAC straw poll results by suggesting she’d be unable to serve in the role.

How could the way we eat contribute to global warming? “We’re flattered, but unfortunately our legal team says the Constitution won’t allow for her to serve as Governor and VP at the same time,” it said.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has declared his campaign for the presidency, each received six percent of the vote.

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Former President Trump easily won the CPAC straw poll for the presidency with 62 percent of the vote, while DeSantis came in second-place with 20 percent of the vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; arizona; cpac; desantis; haley; karilake; pathetic; polls; vp
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1 posted on 03/06/2023 2:06:22 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Ron may decide to never run after this CPAC poll, but probably will.


2 posted on 03/06/2023 2:06:33 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Wow, another Stacy Abrams wanna be. Sorry, she needs to get some experience, win an election. She’s not qualified to be VP or president at the moment.


3 posted on 03/06/2023 2:11:01 PM PST by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: Reno89519

While I like Kari Lake, you are right on this.


4 posted on 03/06/2023 2:14:42 PM PST by DMD13
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To: conservative98

Shouldn’t she learn how to win the governor’s race before she moves on to bigger things?


5 posted on 03/06/2023 2:14:54 PM PST by rexthecat
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To: conservative98

Straw polls are worthless.


6 posted on 03/06/2023 2:17:30 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: conservative98

Seems to be a lot of Kamala Harris fans here today.


7 posted on 03/06/2023 2:18:01 PM PST by Equine1952
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To: Reno89519

Stacy Abrams wannabe?!?!?!?!?!?

Are you deaf, dumb and STUPID?????


8 posted on 03/06/2023 2:21:13 PM PST by afchief
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To: Reno89519; DMD13; rexthecat

You are all missing what the primary reason for this thread is....it’s for the poster to attack Ron DeSantis......yet again.

If you read comment #1 and take note of everything else he posts over and over day in and day out ad nauseam it should make it abundantly clear.


9 posted on 03/06/2023 2:23:41 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: rexthecat
Shouldn’t she learn how to win the governor’s race before she moves on to bigger things?

Trump is arguably one of the best Presidents in U.S. history if not the best considering the epic corruption now in government. Trump never held office, and still blew a dozen+ professional career politicians off the stage.

Pay attention.

10 posted on 03/06/2023 2:23:59 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: conservative98

No token hunting


11 posted on 03/06/2023 2:24:24 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: V_TWIN

Correction comment #2


12 posted on 03/06/2023 2:24:29 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: DMD13

Oh really, that dildo said Lake was a Stacy Abrams wanna be and you agree. Lake is worth a hundred Stacy Abrams.


13 posted on 03/06/2023 2:25:01 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Reno89519
Not sure about the Stacy Adams comparison, but I agree that she doesn't have a track record to show she can actually operate in an executive capacity.

Then again, we have a current vice president whose only skill set seems to be Willie Brown's pistol holder. And a previous president who, prior to occupying office, was a "community organizer".

So I guess it depends what standard one wants to follow.

14 posted on 03/06/2023 2:25:38 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Timber Rattler

Just like when Ron Paul always won straw polls back in the day. He never went anywhere beyond that.


15 posted on 03/06/2023 2:27:45 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: rexthecat

She did win the governor’s race, just as DJT won for the second time in 2020.

Kari is the best MAGA VP candidate by far.


16 posted on 03/06/2023 2:30:06 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Equine1952

Tim Kaine fans too, and D!ick Cheney fans. One other guy too...


17 posted on 03/06/2023 2:30:45 PM PST by OKSooner (War is a racket. COVID-19 is a racket.)
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To: Reno89519

“Sorry, she needs to get some experience, win an election. She’s not qualified to be VP or president at the moment.”

Remember that guy that got elected President in 2016?


18 posted on 03/06/2023 2:31:20 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Reno89519

Sorry, she needs to get some experience, win an election. She’s not qualified to be VP or president at the moment.
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Really? Well since you obviously claim to be quite knowledgeable about the required “qualifications” explain to us exactly what they are and WHY she’s not qualified. And try to avoid posting childish comments like “Sorry”!


19 posted on 03/06/2023 2:33:04 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Reno89519
She's not qualified to be VP or president at the moment. <<

Why not?...was Trump qualified> you want more “professional politicians” full time swamp dwellers..right?

Have you ever read the Constitution or the federalist papers??

20 posted on 03/06/2023 2:35:08 PM PST by M-cubed (The real purpose should be:The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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