Endlessly litigious Arizona Governor- in- her- own- mind Kari "Half Baked" Lake is getting a taste of her own medicine:
A key Republican election official in Arizona’s most populous county filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday against Republican Kari Lake, the former television newscaster who narrowly lost her 2022 race for governor and has falsely blamed widespread fraud and malfeasance in the months since.
The lawsuit by Stephen Richer, a Republican who has served as recorder of Maricopa County since 2021, marks the most aggressive attempt to hold Lake and her allies accountable for election-related misinformation. It comes amid other efforts to make right-wing figures and media answerable for spreading election fabrications.
In the complaint, Richer alleges that Lake, her campaign and a nonprofit organization tied to her repeatedly and falsely accused him of causing Lake’s 2022 defeat. Lake and the two organizations, the complaint alleges, falsely claimed that Richer “sabotaged the election to prevent Republican candidates, including Lake, from winning.”
Richer’s complaint focuses on accusations made by Lake at campaign rallies, in podcasts and on social media that Richer intentionally caused polling place printers to jam on Election Day. The glitches caused temporary disruptions in tabulating the votes, but an independent review has found the problems were not pervasive and did not prevent people from voting...
The article goes on to detail many of the false claims made by the deranged, election- denying distaff version of the Malignant Loser. Like her idol, she's quite the liar.
Lake's bogus claims have also had the effect of endangering Richer and his family:
Richer, 37, said in an interview with The Post ahead of the complaint’s filing that misinformation spread about him by Lake and her affiliates has harmed his relationships with friends, family and past political supporters. He said he sees a direct link between rhetoric from Lake and her allies and threats against him.
At a rally of supporters in January, Lake displayed a photo of Richer for the crowd and accused him of lying about the 2022 election. Richer at times has been assigned a security detail by county law enforcement in response to threats and harassing communications, he said.
Richer said he now rarely attends political functions held by grass-roots GOP activists, many of whom remain convinced of malfeasance. At one point, he said, his wife was removed from a work event by law enforcement because of verbal attacks on him and her. He said the nonstop attacks have taken a mental and physical toll...
We often like to point out "Republicans in disarray" as a counter to prevailing media narratives about the Democratic Party. But, in this case, Richer is defending a principle we all should subscribe to: free and fair elections. Lake's unrelenting assault on that principle through her endless lawsuits and lies about the 2020 election must have consequences for her, as they should for her idol.
The article ends with a revealing fact:
... In 2021, Richer created a political action committee to support “pro-democracy” Republican candidates — a move that Lake has criticized.
"Pro- democracy" isn't in Lake's or her party's interest.
BONUS: Apparently Lake has a new address. Mar-a-Lago --
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. “Kari Lake is there every night ... She’s there all the time,” a source told People. “There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.”
Two pea- brains in a pod. Made for each other.
BONUS II: Auditioning to be the next Pence, or the next Melania?
BONUS III: Meow!
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