Failed Arizona candidate Kari Lake complained Wednesday that her opponents are trying to shut her down with lawsuits.
During an appearance on Real America's Voice, Lake referred to Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer's defamation lawsuit against her. Lake had said that the Arizona official was a criminal after she lost the race for governor.
"I wish I could sit here and tell you everything's fine and dandy," she explained to Bannon Wednesday. "It's not. But I do know this, they're trying to bring down President Trump. They're trying to sue me into oblivion for speaking about elections."
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Lake said the lawsuits were a sign that Democrats were on course to lose the 2024 elections.
"If they felt they could rig the elections in a way they have done in the past, they wouldn't feel the need to do that," she insisted. "So something in their system is starting to go haywire, and we'll see what happens in this next election.
"I think it's going to be an overwhelming victory for President Trump and America first."
Lake has tried to argue that she had a First Amendment right to comment on Richer, but a judge dismissed that late last year.
The failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate now needs to prove her claims that he intentionally sabotaged last year's election — or get slapped with a potentially multimillion-dollar penalty for defamation.
Onlookers have suggested that she might be facing a similar punishment to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was last year ordered to pay $148 million in damages after defaming two election workers.
"I picture Lake, waking up in a cold sweat as she channels her inner Rudy Giuliani," wrote columnist Laurie Roberts for the Arizona Republic.
