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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So what Jan Brewer is saying is that she’s an Assistant Democrat.
I want to see her tell that SOB what she thinks.
Love Lake!
Jan, nobody cares. You backed Karrin and it didn’t help a bit. You need to understand something lady, if the GOPe doesn’t vote MAGA then don’t expect us to vote for your people. There was cheating and your people were complicit
Brewer was an OK pretty common sense establishment R-Gov. She acceded To Gov. from Sec. of State
She’s actually being goaded into denouncing Lake from peeps who don’t like Trump, since she was tight with establishment Taylor Robson.
She’s not actually offered an endorsement, but they asked. No one cares anyway.
I suspect if Kari showed Brewer what she’s seen re: AZ elections, Brewer would get on board.
“Joe Biden flipped Arizona “
By cheating.
That’s possible but I don’t see what Brewer has to gain with this statement.
It’s akin to asking someone if they still beat their spouse.
If Kari acquiesced then Kari is seen as weak and wishy washy. If she stands by her beliefs she loses Brewer’s endorsement.
Pretty easy choice from my point of view. I’m disappointed in Brewer though. I thought she did a pretty good job as Governor; especially standing up to the second worst mostly illegitimate President after Bozo Biden.
Kari Lake will stand her ground. You can bet on it.
You can taste their fear.
Hah!!!!
Exactly!!
It’s ALWAYS a one way street. Let the GOPe vote conservative for once!!!
I used to like Jan Brewer.
Sad.
Amen to that!!
Allow me to go out on a limb and say that she doesn’t want or need his endorsement.
Their arrogance knows no bounds.
Her endorsement…..my bad
They should have no road back.
They should all live their backstabbing lives in DC and, at some point, meet their maker and bet for his forgiveness.
I think he’s done. He just hasn’t accepted the truth.
Lake needs get the base out because the McCainiacs and many Mormons will likely sit this one out because they prefer progressives Democrats to MAGA GOPers.
Me and mine will support Kari, Masters and Finchem
“Me and mine will support Kari, Masters and Finchem”
Their rally is on RSBN now. Masters just spoke. Kari is up next. Then DeSantis.
And why aren’t they in jail for contempt of court?
The rino goes to the NYT to trash the nominee. I guess CNN didn’t have a spot for her. We’re done with these weak willed losers. Now we have a simple way to weed out the collaborators. If you don’t believe the 20 election was stolen your line forms on the left.
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