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Trump-Backed Kari Lake Knocked Doors for Obama, Former Colleague Says
libertybele:
Trump-Backed Kari Lake Knocked Doors for Obama, Former Colleague Says
Kari Lake—the self-proclaimed "only conservative" in the race for Arizona governor—volunteered to knock doors for the Obama campaign while she worked as a news anchor, according to a former colleague.
Last month, Lake's longtime Fox 10 Phoenix colleague told former Pinal County sheriff Paul Babeu (R.) that Lake "went door to door canvassing for Barack Obama" during her time at the network, Babeu told the Washington Free Beacon. The former colleague, who requested anonymity to speak freely, confirmed that the conversation with Babeu took place and said the allegation about Lake's work for Obama emerged in the Fox 10 newsroom after Lake announced her candidacy for governor. Her Republican campaign has shocked coworkers given her political activity while at the network.
The allegation that Lake knocked on doors for a Democratic presidential candidate is at odds with her rhetoric on the campaign trail, where Lake has positioned herself as the "only conservative, America First Trump Republican in the race." It is not, however, surprising given her past political activity—the Free Beacon reported last year that Lake in 2004 made her first ever political contribution to then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Four years later, in 2008, Lake registered as a Democrat and contributed to Obama's first presidential campaign.
According to Lake's former colleague, Lake campaigned for Obama with Stephanie Angelo, who in 2008 was married to a different Fox 10 colleague, Troy Hayden. A veteran Arizona Democratic operative who was working in the state in 2008 identified Angelo as one of the party's most committed volunteers at the time and said Angelo and Lake were "best friends."
Neither Lake's campaign nor Angelo returned a request for comment. Hayden declined to comment, as Fox 10 employees are barred from discussing Lake's candidacy with outside media outlets.
Lake left her job as a Fox 10 anchor in March 2021, citing her disapproval of the "obvious bias" and "liberal ideology" in mainstream media. On the campaign trail, she regularly attacks the "biased media" for working to tip the scales in Democrats' favor. If the allegations are true, Lake appears to have embodied the media behavior she now says forced her to quit the industry...........
https://freebeacon.com/elections/trump-backed-kari-lake-knocked-doors-for-obama-former-colleague-says/
HikerGuy83:
Lake is also an election denier.
Does she have a scorecard ?
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: libertybele on April 14, 2022, 08:13:12 pm ---The former colleague, who requested anonymity to slander freely . . .
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HikerGuy83:
I guess I should be clear about the scorecard.
Nobody is the perfect candidate.
And I, frankly, could care less if Lake went out in support of Obama.
People should be allowed to change.
And, unless Lake is pulling one of the bigger "fast ones" in Arizona history.
She is CLEARLY not an Obama supporter now.
This was from some time ago. I recall seeing signs (from Robson's camp) that said as much and I thought....It's hard enough to put up with the as it is.
I supported Robson for a number of reasons. Robson lost. Lake is up. She's clearly light years ahead of Hobbs.
Lake is doing a very good job in her campaign.
HikerGuy83:
Liz Cheney is now on record saying she'd vote for Hobbs.
Cheney has fallen so far....and now she is just trying to justify her existence.
What a major disappointment.
It's all about Lake being a denier.
1. Still to many unanswered questions about the election.
2. Who cares about that anyway.....it's now just rhetoric. Lake is coming across as a much much better candidate than what she started out as.
The Hobbs adds are getting pretty stupid.
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