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GOP establishment steps up push to block Trump ally in Ariz.
kark.com ^ | 7/18/22 | JONATHAN J. COOPER

Posted on 07/18/2022 7:26:18 AM PDT by cotton1706

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state. Now he’s hoping for a repeat in his own backyard.

Ducey is part of a burgeoning effort among establishment Republicans to lift up little-known housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson against former television news anchor Kari Lake, who is backed by Trump. Other prominent Republicans, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have also lined up behind Robson in recent days.

On Monday, Robson’s campaign announced the endorsement of former Vice President Mike Pence, who will campaign with her on Friday — the same day Trump is scheduled to hold a rally for Lake, creating a split-screen moment underscoring the divide between the GOP establishment and Trump.

The push is reminiscent of how many leading Republicans rallied around Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the final stretch of his ultimately successful bid to fend off a Trump-endorsed primary challenger.

Few states have been as central to Trump’s election lies as Georgia and Arizona, the two closest 2020 battlegrounds where he pushed aggressively to overturn the results and fumed when Kemp and Ducey refused to go along. Trump has already faced a setback in Georgia, and the Aug. 2 race in Arizona is among his last opportunities to settle scores and install allies to lead states that may prove decisive if he decides to run again in 2024.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: chrischristie; elections; karilake; karrinrobson; pence; trump
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And once Lake is successfully nominated, despite them, they will work to undermine her and make her lose in November, just as they are doing in Pennsylvania with Doug Mastriano (Charlie Dent & the gang).

WE always had to hold our noses and put our shoulders to the wheel to get THEIR milquetoast candidates over the line.

But as usual, THEY would prefer a Democrat.

So predictable and tiresome.

1 posted on 07/18/2022 7:26:18 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Sadly, the people know this and they still fall for the BS that is thrown at them by the Establishment.

I will never believe that Kemp got the number of primary votes that he did. I can only speak for my circle but I don’t know one person that was voting for him. Of course, they could be saying one thing and doing another once they got to the Dominion machine. Who knows?

But, to think that people can still be swayed by these blatant tactics, propaganda, and whatever else they throw at the voters, is mind boggling.

I would think that, if I were a voter in Arizona and Ducey, Pence and any other RINO was supporting a candidate, it’s automatic I’m not voting for that candidate.


2 posted on 07/18/2022 7:30:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: cotton1706

Why do these people not understand that Pence is not a beloved person. He is now showing his true colors. RINO backstabber extraordinaire.

Pence is who he always was. A RINO.


3 posted on 07/18/2022 7:31:06 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: cotton1706

They manage to do that..I will contact Lake and get her to run “I” and mess it all up.

Phuck em..all of em.


4 posted on 07/18/2022 7:32:52 AM PDT by crz
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To: dforest

Agree 100%

This looks really bad for pence. No way I’d ever vote for him, especially now.


5 posted on 07/18/2022 7:33:43 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: cotton1706

“...Trump’s election lies...”

Total BS!!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 07/18/2022 7:34:37 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: cotton1706

It will be especially sweet when Kari Lake and Blake Masters win both the nomination and the general election in Arizona. Then we can really get serious about having real investigations into the massive election fraud in Arizona in 2020 and pushing back on the corporate media’s constant lies denying the obvious massive election fraud.


7 posted on 07/18/2022 7:35:08 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: cotton1706

Shows us Lake is the real deal.


8 posted on 07/18/2022 7:35:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cotton1706; All

All thr DeSantis fans...would he be willing to stick his neck out for a clear MAGA candidate for Govenor? It’s easy to ,”have non of thr negatives as Trump” when you do none of the work. Would love your support here against the Repukes!


9 posted on 07/18/2022 7:35:33 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: cotton1706

Is it too early for Fox to call this race?


10 posted on 07/18/2022 7:35:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cotton1706

They didn’t want a certain republican in Alabama for a special election for a temporary replacement of a Senator. And we ended up with Democrat Doug Jones for two years.


11 posted on 07/18/2022 7:37:05 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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“Few states have been as central to Trump’s election lies as Georgia and Arizona..”

No bias there Jonathan. You puke leftest disguised as a journalist. This is an AP article presented by local news station. See my tagline.


12 posted on 07/18/2022 7:37:22 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.)
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And once Lake is successfully nominated, despite them, they will work to undermine her and make her lose in November, just as they are doing in Pennsylvania with Doug Mastriano (Charlie Dent & the gang). WE always had to hold our noses and put our shoulders to the wheel to get THEIR milquetoast candidates over the line. But as usual, THEY would prefer a Democrat. So predictable and tiresome.

THIS goes to the heart of the matter.

RINO traitors don't want MAGA taking over 'their' party, and they will happily once again turn a blind eye to Democrat cheating if it means the defeat of Mastriano and Lake.

The only way we get our country back is to vote out RINOs in the state legislatures, governors, SoS, and DAs. It will not happen in one cycle, but we must remain firm.

GA is lost. It is a cesspool of RINO corruption that allies itself with Democrats to defeat MAGA. It would be KARMA on a massive scale if Rat-booger and Kemp lose to Democrats by drop-box fraud and cheat-by-mail-in ballots. Kemp and Rat-booger are no friends to MAGA, and will indeed again subvert Trump if he is the candidate in 2024.

13 posted on 07/18/2022 7:38:55 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: cotton1706

Bush League Republicans will always work to elect a Democrat if their preferred Assistant Democrat is defeated in the primary.


14 posted on 07/18/2022 7:39:11 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

And the Rats will almost always support whoever is nominated by their party. They want to win.


15 posted on 07/18/2022 7:39:54 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: cotton1706

Few states have been as central to the Big Steal as AZ and GA.

Both were stolen for the Democrats by Republicans.


16 posted on 07/18/2022 7:40:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

It came out this weekend that Robson scammed some people into monthly payments to her campaign. So far 1200 people have asked for refunds. https://knst.iheart.com/featured/garret-lewis/content/2022-07-18-karrin-taylor-robson-scammed-thousands-of-people-with-deceptive-texts/


17 posted on 07/18/2022 7:40:59 AM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ he definitely comes in as a strong second..)
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To: cotton1706

The same traitorous, globalist RINOs who ‘stepped up’ for Kemp, in GA. 🤬


18 posted on 07/18/2022 7:43:21 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theorybe” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: cotton1706
The RINOS and Democrats both play for the same team. It makes no difference to them if the next president is Gavin Newsom or Mitt Romney. It's all the same to them so long as it is a trusted establishment career politician who will do the right thing for the inside club.

Trump really upset the applecart and now his MAGA movement is making national stars out of people like Ron DeSantis, Kari Lake and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The MAGA movement is a mortal threat to the RINO/Dem establishment and they will do all they can to crush it while they feel they still can.

19 posted on 07/18/2022 7:43:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,557,412 users on Truth Social)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Ha! See 18.....yes...it seems these two states are definitely connected.


20 posted on 07/18/2022 7:44:12 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theorybe” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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