CNN’s Dana Bash pressed Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake over her insistence that the 2020 presidential election was “corrupt” and pushed her if she would accept defeat in the upcoming race.
“You called the 2020 election ‘corrupt’, ‘stolen’, ‘rotten’ and ‘rigged,’ and there was no evidence, presented in court, or anywhere else, that any of these things were true ,” to beat voilently Told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “So why do you keep saying that?”
When the Republican candidate replied that “there is a lot of evidence,” and falsely claimed that “740,000 ballots were no chain of custody,” Bash intervened, asking, “Where’s the evidence?” Lake suggested she send the information to CNN, but noted that the problem is “the media won’t cover it.”
“We’ve covered it extensively, and what you just said is dismissed,” Bash replied, while Lake responded, “only one side of it.”
“The real issue, Dana, is that people don’t trust our elections,” Lake continued. “They haven’t since 2000. I’m a reporter, I’ve been sitting by your side at the desk for a long time, and since 2000 we have Americans who don’t trust our elections,” she quoted the President-elect. Said elections in 2000 and 2004.
After Al Gore accepted the election in 2000, as did John Kerry in 2004 and Hillary Clinton in 2016, Bash responded quickly, underlining, “We didn’t see that in 2020, that’s the difference… what You are undermining confidence in elections by saying that the 2020 election was stolen when there is no evidence to support it?”
Lake hit back at the bash, saying, “We have serious problems … and you want me to come here and talk about the 2020 election.” campaign trail.”
The CNN host also put forward the Arizona candidate on whether she would accept the results of the upcoming race, regardless of whether it was a win or a loss. After not answering the question twice, Lake eventually said, “I’m going to win the election and this will be the result,” and refused to entertain the prospect of losing.