US: Kari Lake made this claim after the defeat
US: For the first time since losing Arizona’s Senate bid, Kari Lake has addressed the public, bringing forward fresh allegations of 2022 election meddling.
After the Associated Press called it for her opponent, Democratic contender Ruben Gallego, on Monday, Lake, a fervent Trump supporter who rose to prominence after asserting without proof that election fraud caused her defeat in the 2022 Arizona governor race, has yet to surrender the race.
According to the AP, Lake garnered 47.8 percent of the vote, while Gallego received 50 percent, winning the contest.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Lake had not been in touch with Gallego, according to his staff, The Arizona Republic said.
Although she hasn’t given in, Lake made accusations of political meddling in 2022 in a post on X on Tuesday.
The tweet followed Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde of Wisconsin, who lost to Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, posting a video on X on Tuesday that raised questions about the outcome of the state’s election.
Hovde acknowledged losing the race on Tuesday, but he refused to accept defeat, citing what he said were anomalies in the vote figures. There is no indication that the election was tainted, and counties are now reviewing the results before sending the canvassing totals to the state by November 19 for certification by December 1.
Baldwin won the battleground state campaign by fewer than 30,000 votes, 49.4 percent to 48.5 percent, according to NBC, and Hovde said in the video given to X that he was thinking about asking for a recount.
“While I’m deeply concerned, asking for a recount is a serious decision that requires careful consideration,” he said. “Further, there are meaningful limits on a recount, because they don’t look at the integrity of the ballot.”
Lake replied: “I’m praying for you, @EricHovde. I’ve been there.
On Tuesday, some of Lake’s followers promoted allegations of election meddling on social media.
Among them was Trump-supporting political analyst Dinesh D’Souza, who on Tuesday demanded an audit of Arizona’s Senate contest “given Trump’s impressive win in the state.”
“We are now being asked to believe something that confutes any kind of common sense,” D’Souza said, “which is that the same number of people who voted for Kamala roughly voted for Kari Lake, and the same number of people who voted for Trump roughly voted for Gallego.”
“I don’t think that’s true. “That is completely nonsensical,” he continued.
Splitting ballots may not occur often, but it does happen. Arizona voters have rejected Trump-endorsed Senate candidates in each election since the state’s 2016 election victory. With 52.3 percent of the vote, Trump won Arizona last week. Kamala Harris, the vice president, was given 46.7 percent.
Following an error that resulted in the reporting of an incorrect number of untallied ballots last week, Lake’s campaign sent a letter to officials in Pima County, a Democratic stronghold, on Friday, requesting the total number of outstanding votes and claiming “discrepancies” in the county’s ballot reporting.
“It’s a clerical error,” a Pima County spokeswoman said. The explanation is simple. However, everything is magnified into implanted votes in this day of conspiracy theories.
