Failed 2022 Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has denied she is angling for the vice presidential slot on former President Donald Trump's 2024 ticket. But according to Jezebel, that may indeed be her plan — and she has practically moved into Mar-a-Lago full time in the process.
"While Lake has repeatedly denied rumors she wants to be Trump’s running mate should he win the nomination for the 2024 election...what else would a failed conservative politician who hasn’t yet been insulted by Trump do with their time? Volunteer?" wrote Lauren Tousignant. "'I believe she wants to be his running mate,' another source told People in December. 'She is working the deal. She wants something bigger, fast, to compensate for her loss in Arizona.'"
"Lake, the former local news anchor who lost Arizona’s gubernatorial race to Democrat Katie Hobbs in November, has reportedly all but moved into Mar-A-Lago, Trump’s private club in Palm Beach — to the extent that she’s there more than Melania," said the report.
One source reportedly told People Magazine, “Kari Lake is there every night ... She’s there all the time. There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.”
This comes after Lake has spent nearly a year on a series of frivolous and ill-fated lawsuits to try to get her election loss overturned.
She has never acknowledged the result as legitimate, proclaiming herself to be the rightful governor of Arizona.
She has also spoke forcefully in defense of Trump, even appearing to threaten violence against the indictment of the former president at an event in Georgia.
“If you wanna get to President Trump, you’re gonna have to go through me, and you’re gonna have to go through 75 million Americans just like me,” she said. “And most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA. That’s not a threat, that’s a public service announcement.”
