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Kari Lake Shreds Piers Morgan in Fiery Interview

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Former Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, is not prepared to concede to the state’s new Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs no matter what anyone in the media says.

She was breathing fire in a new interview with Piers Morgan of The Daily Mail Lake when he gave her his opinion of her plight.

“I don’t mind your fighting spirit,” the host said to her during an episode of his talk show, Piers Morgan Uncensored.

“But it does come a point when for the future of democracy, you and Donald Trump have to accept at some point you lost an election,” he said.

“Otherwise, the entire system collapses,” he said. “If your simple response to losing is always, ‘we didn’t lose, we won,’ then democracy dies.”

But Lake said she will continue her fight.

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“I’m fighting for the people of Arizona,” the former candidate said.

“In Arizona, I can’t walk 10 feet without an Arizonan saying, ‘I voted for you, everybody I know voted for you, our ballot was rejected on Election Day, please keep fighting for us,” she said before shredding Morgan for his opinion.

“I don’t mean any offense to you, but I frankly don’t give a damn what you think,” she said. “I’m fighting for the people of Arizona.”

The host asked her when she would accept that she was defeated by Gov. Hobbs.

“We are taking [the lawsuit] to the [Arizona] Supreme Court,” she said.

The host asked her if she is considering a campaign for the United States Senate and she did not say no.

“It is in the back of my mind, but my No. 1 priority is my case,” she said. “And I want to see my case through.”

During an interview with Charlie Kirk on his Real America’s Voice show, Lake hinted that she could run for the Senate in the 2024 election if she doesn’t get a “decent ruling” in her lawsuit for the Arizona gubernatorial election.

When Kirk asked if she was “entertaining” a Senate run, Lake replied: “Yes I am entertaining it. I mean my number one priority is our court case, and I have full confidence in our court case and I hope we will get a judge to do the right thing. But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away. I represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”

“I’ve seen some internal polling that shows I’m the only Republican who can beat these other two. I find both of them incredibly dangerous to the people of Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema’s voting record being 93 percent of the time voting for Joe Biden’s agenda, I find Ruben Gallego being a self-admitted socialist really frightening for Arizona and if I’m the only Republican who can beat them, I would be willing to jump in,” Lake added.

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A state appeals court in Arizona has agreed to expedite a hearing into Lake’s lawsuit. The decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals comes after the state Supreme Court rejected her case earlier this month and remanded it to be heard first in lower courts. In a brief order, the court agreed with Lake’s arguments that her challenge should be handled as a “special action petition.” The court date is reportedly scheduled for March.

Lake’s campaign responded to rumors that she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Krysten Sinema, who left her party months ago and is now a self-declared Independent.

“I’m told Kari Lake is considering running for the US Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema in 2024,” CNN political reporter Kate Sullivan posted on Twitter.

A recent poll showed that the firebrand Republican would defeat sitting Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Democrat challenger Ruben Gallego.

“The survey, released January 11 by the website Blueprint Polling, imagined a scenario in which Sinema, a former Democrat turned independent who’s held her Senate seat since 2019, runs for reelection against Lake and Gallego, a Democrat who represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Lake, who rumors say is considering running for the seat but has not confirmed this, polled at 36 percent, according to Blueprint, well ahead of the two rivals. Gallego trailed closely with 32 percent, while Sinema ran a distant third with 14 percent,” Deseret News reported.

The poll said that in a three-way contest, one of six voters surveyed was undecided, which could assist Sen. Sinema in keeping her position.

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