Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake blamed "absurd partisan polls" after trailing in her Arizona race.
During a Sunday interview on NewsNation, host Chris Stirewalt noted that Lake had trailed Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) since the beginning of the race.
"You came within three-quarters of a point of winning the governorship just two years ago," Stirewalt explained. "After a long career as a very popular TV anchor in Phoenix, you entered this Senate race as a household name in your state."
"You have the backing of the former president and the Republican establishment in the Senate, but in most polls since the beginning of the contest, you have trailed Congressman Gallego," the host said. "That was the average of polls from our partners at The Hill and Decision Desk HQ, showing you trailing by nearly six points. How do we account for this? How do you explain that?"
Lake suggested that her internal polling showed her ahead.
"Well, there were a couple of really bad outlier polls that were included in that that were just absolutely absurd, partisan polls," she complained. "I know what my internal polling looks like.
"I'm ahead of him, but it is a horse race," she continued. "And I've gotten access to a lot of polls that aren't public."
"We are the third best chance for a pickup seat in these closely contested races. And I feel we're going to win this one."
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Lake accused the media of "pushing a false narrative" about Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
"They've got a dud candidate who didn't earn a single vote," she insisted. "And then I'm running against an absolute dud."
"This is somebody who's voted in lockstep 100 percent of the time with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the two most disastrous things to ever happen to our country," the Republican added. "This is a real radical. And I can tell you, Arizona is not radical like Ruben."
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