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.
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While I like Kari Lake, you are right on this.
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Really? And what qualifies you to make such a judgment?
AND SHE LOST!!!
Agree 100%....all his threads are intended to be negative.
Are you deaf, dumb and STUPID?????
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Excellent question, and I’m anxious to see the response!
For what it’s worth, Senator Rand Paul won the CPAC poll in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Ted Cruz won in 2016.
She wins a straw poll over 2 people who have NO intention of seeking the vp spot?
It’s stupid
straw polls suck...
Dumb statement. Have your ever heard her speak? Do you know her background? Trump was never a politician, and because he was never a politician he was effective. As an aside, both Reagan and Trump we’re democrats.
Another uneducated, uninformed, dope. What political office did Trump hold before he became President of the United States?
it’s apparent some here know much of anything about American history.
Virtually none of the founders of this country had any political experience.
How much “political experience” did Donald Trump have before he ran for, and won, the Presidency of the United States? Hmmm?
Don’t leave out Lizzy, she accomplished a lot too. They all fight for conservative causes and love sending Americans to war.
Defeating organized election theft is an onerous task.
You mean he lost a poll among the couple hundred people that went to CPAC? OMG!!!
Good.. Kari is a real champion...and focused on important matters. We will support her.
Kari did win the election. And Trump won in 16 and 20. We all know this but the weak minded are cowed by the name calling lefties.
Comparing Kari Lake to Stacy Abrams is like comparing a diamond to a pile of warm cat sh!t.
And even that’s an insult to warm cat $#!+.
It just shows that the CPAC participants are not reflective even of the GOP. Lake would be an anchor around Trumps leg if he nominated her. No experience. No resume. She lost her own state. Maybe she could win a congressional seat if she chose her district carefully. She adds nothing to the ticket and at Trumps age, he needs someone who can step into the presidents shoes if need be.
Shouldn’t she learn how to win the governor’s race before she moves on to bigger things?
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What she has learned could be at the level of a high school sophomore and she could still do a better job than that freaking Delaware Dunce!
I like Kari, but this isn’t the time.
She needs more Conservative governance under her belt.
I’ve seen these newbies come and go, not really turning
out to be quite what we needed. She may in time, but
I’m not turning the second in command to her, in order
to find out.
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