AZ-SEN: Lake attacks Gallego as 'AOC of Arizona' after Senate announcement

[RandySF]

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) attacked Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) as the “AOC of Arizona” on Sunday night, a week after the progressive Democrat announced he’s running for Senate in 2024.

Since losing to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in November’s election, Lake has pushed false claims about election fraud and taken her grievances to court. She is also rumored to be mulling a Senate run of her own.

Speaking to supporters at a rally Sunday night, Lake repeated unfounded claims that fraud allowed Democrats to win despite what she described as “bad candidates.”

“Have you seen the latest one they’re rolling out? The guy’s name is Ruben Gallego. He is the — we call him the AOC of Arizona. And that may actually be an insult to AOC,” Lake said in a jab at prominent progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Lake said Gallego “could not string three or four or five words together and make a coherent sentence,” comparing him to Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) in an apparent insult of the senator’s auditory processing issues as a result of a stroke.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3835487-lake-attacks-gallego-as-aoc-of-arizona-after-senate-announcement/

[pecosbob]

1. This from a wannabe Donald Trump

I think being likened to Trump is far worse than being likened to Ocasio-Cortez. I bet the voters of Arizona would agree.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. The media

Needs to stop amplifying the voices of crazy people for clicks.

[Celerity]

3. The Hill has often leaned centre-right over the years. It doesn't have a lot of love for the left

half or so of the Democratic caucus, and has been fairly hostile at times to the leftmost quarter, often leaning into RW framings.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Attack, always attack. Never a studied response, never

a "compare and contrast" approach, always spittle-spewing venom towards anything and everything.

I wonder if she's always been this rabid, or is she auditioning?

[ChazII]

5. Her behavior does not surprise me.

It did in the beginning of her run but not any longer.

[Renew Deal]

6. Kari Lake is the Kari Lake if Arizona

[Zorro]

7. She's a nasty piece of work

"Nasty" is one of Trump's favorite descriptions of women, but here it's appropriate.

Tag her with the "Nasty Lake" moniker; that in itself might knock her popularity down a point or two.