Posted on 08/14/2022 3:26:19 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former Republican governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, told the New York Times for a profile of Kari Lake, published Wednesday, she could only support Lake if she backtracked on claims of election fraud.
Lake, the Trump-backed, hard-right GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, has stirred controversy both at home and nationally in recent months for her attacks on late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), allegations of rigged elections (including her own primary which she won), and vows to “fire the federal government” if she wins in November.
Brewer, who supported Karrin Taylor Robson in the GOP primary over Lake, described Lake’s primary campaign as “mean, untruthful and untethered to public policy,” reported the Times. Brewer notes she and Lake have been friends for years, dating back to Lake’s long career as a Phoenix-area news anchor.
Brewer became governor of Arizona in 2009 after President Obama appointed then Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) to his cabinet. Brewer was the secretary of state at the time and was elevated to governor as Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor.
“She went so far to the right that I don’t know if she can recover,” Brewer added, noting, “And if she can’t, we’ll have a Democratic governor.” Lake is running against current Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
“I want to hear her tell me she did all this because she wanted to win and that it got a little bit out of control,” Brewer added.
Outgoing GOP Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R-AZ) endorsed Lake over the weekend after having accused her of “putting on an act” and lying about election integrity.
“As co-chairman of the Republican Governors Association, our organization is already active on the airwaves supporting Kari Lake’s candidacy. Congratulations to Kari on a hard-fought victory and to all the candidates who will be carrying the GOP banner in November,” Ducey wrote on Twitter days after Lake’s primary win over Robson.
Lake addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference over the weekend and declared that her victory drove a “Stake through the heart of the McCain Machine” in Arizona.
So @KariLake is spending her first weekend as Republican nominee for Arizona governor by driving away many of the Republicans and independents she’ll need to win in November. #AZGOV https://t.co/zybYIeUjkB
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) August 7, 2022
Arizona has moved in recent election cycles from being a reliably red state to a purple one. In 2020, Joe Biden flipped Arizona into the blue column for the first time in a presidential election since 1996 and during the Trump years, Arizona elected two Democrats to represent the state in the Senate since 1952.
As co-chairman of the Republican Governors Association, our organization is already active on the airwaves supporting Kari Lake’s candidacy. Congratulations to Kari on a hard-fought victory and to all the candidates who will be carrying the GOP banner in November. 3/
— Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) August 6, 2022
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I have lived in Phoenix for four years. The name Jan Brewer has not been uttered within my hearing once.
Prove the claims are false, AZ-hole, and we can talk...
doucey is done with politics in AZ, he let his true colors be seen when he did nothing over the stolen election
They do not understand that the only road back for them politicly is to
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There IS NO road back .
All the scum has exposed themselves
And the American people have no desire to continue in a co dependant relationship with abusive conniving griffting grooming uppity snobby phoney sociopaths.
They are like drowning men
Panicked and thrashing about and drowning ( politically)
due to their inability to control themselves .
Let
Them
Drown.
Or they will take US(A)
down with them.
Jmho
Ymmv.
Yeah and I used to admire Lynn Cheney who I always thought was smarter than Dick. I have been fooled too many times to care anymore. I figure the Republic and I will wind up about the same time.
Jan Brewer? Lololo I just assumed she was dead already. Jan certainly is tone deaf - she sure as heck doesn’t know Kari Lake! Telling Jan Brewer she’ll pass on her endorsement will bring more backing to Kari Lake than the actual endorsement.
Even if you don’t think the election was stolen WHY wouldn’t you still support generally making the elections more secure?
Why indeed?...
Only if you agree with me 100% will I vote for you.......What a foolish position......With that philosophy you could only vote for yourself.
Because the leadership of both parties and the judges are corrupt.
Brewer is still alive? Holy smokes!
SHAMEFUL-—Brewer doesn’t want to admit it happened.
That works too.
She doesn’t need your support traitor Jan.
Backstabbing, scumbag, fellow-traveling POS...
Republicans, in most red states, cannot elect a true republican governor...
Finally, AZ has a chance to redeem itself after helping to steal the 2020 election...
As did I, when I read the title. But I broke tradition and actually read some of the posted part of the article - and saw that it was referencing Brewer. Who has long been put out to pasture, and I doubt her opinions register with anyone nowadays.
She doesn’t need his backing.
Now you know why your a former governor putz !
Nope, missed that. Doesn’t matter, she doesn’t need Brewer or Ducey.
When RINOs win primaries, party unity is assumed and demanded.
When conservatives win primaries, party unity is negotiable or denied.
Sounds like Jan is compromised......and why, tell me why Kari Lake should give a rats arse what Jan Brewer thinks?
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