Democrats Attack Lake as ‘Extremist.’ 2024 Republicans Flock to Her

Editors’ Note: In less than 21 months, from the very beginning of the Biden Administration and with razor thin majorities in the U.S. Senate and House, Democrats have devastated our nation, its citizens, and their liberty in so many ways. Severe induced inflation, an open southern border and historic invasion of America by (invited) illegal aliens, a resulting fentanyl crisis with the unending tragedy of so many young deaths in every state, the unleashing of violent urban and suburban crime with the defunding of police and the war on the fossil fuel industry in the name of (dishonest) clean, green energy are some of the products of their radical agenda. Every American feels the pain.

What do children and dishonest adults do when they are challenged, caught or jeopardized by their bad intentions or behavior? They project their behavior and actions onto someone else. Projection is a classic sign of intellectual dishonesty in adults and can be effective on occasion. Everything the radical left, now known as the Democrat Party, does is projected onto the Republican party in the most pejorative and fear-inducing ways – “they are fascists”, they are “ultra MAGA”, “they are extreme”, “they are a threat to democracy” (America is a Republic), “they are a party of white privilege”, and on and on. If you want to know what the Democrat Party is doing and what their ideology and methods are, just ask what they are accusing (projecting) liberty-loving conservatives and Republicans of. How do you respond? YOU VOTE! Republican candidates are not perfect but  vote Republican all the way down your ballot – the radical Democrat Party deserves a severe electoral loss and Americans must rise up and restore government to ‘We the People’ on November 8th.

Kari Lake in Arizona is leading that charge. Just listen to what the Democrats say (project) about her!

 

It is a busy week for Kari Lake and for Republicans who harbor White House ambitions. Several are more than eager to share the stump with the Arizona gubernatorial candidate, a fact that Democrats believe underscores their arguments about the “ultra MAGA” right and the rise of GOP extremism.

Tuesday morning in Scottsdale, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will have coffee with Lake and her supporters. The next afternoon in the Phoenix suburbs, Lake will share the stage with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Former President Donald Trump arrives Sunday to host a rally in the town of Prescott Valley.

Some have already stumped for Lake, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in August. Others have promised they will, like Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, but haven’t yet put a date on the calendar.

“Why is it a surprise that Republicans are helping Republicans?” a Noem spokesman asked RealClearPolitics before getting a plug in for the candidate: “South Dakota is proving that freedom gets results, and Kari Lake will bring the same principles to Arizona.”

But Lake isn’t a generic Republican candidate. A longtime former Phoenix television anchorwoman who routinely excoriates her former profession, she has called for the 2020 presidential election to be decertified, condemned the vaccine mandates as government overreach, and aggressively mixed it up with regional and national reporters alike. In short, Lake is a Republican after Trump’s heart. Other politicians, despite the criticism, want in.

The race between Lake and Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs remains a tossup. In a state Biden narrowly won, the RealClearPolitics Average has the Republican out front with a slim 2.2-point lead., so it would be on the national radar anyway. But Lake, who brings an undeniable energy to the stump, adds a heightened level of controversy to the mix.

[Here is the Democrats’ projection] “Kari Lake is as extreme as they come – from touting Arizona’s 1901 abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest to endorsing Donald Trump’s Big Lie that incited an attack on our Capitol,” DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa told RCP. “It’s no surprise that national Republicans are flocking to Arizona to embrace Lake and echo her ultra-MAGA agenda because this is exactly what the Republican Party stands for today.”

Democrats and President Biden are eager to make the midterms a referendum on what they see as GOP extremism, rather than the economy or inflation where the White House remains underwater in polling…..

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