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Kari Lake

Kari Lake

Kari Lake is running for U.S. Senate in Arizona in 2024. Lake, a former anchor for Fox 10 News in Phoenix, was the Republican nominee for governor of Arizona in 2022. She lost the general election to Katie Hobbs.

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Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 23, 2024 a press conference
"Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”
False
By Mia Osmonbekov • October 25, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2024 a Senate debate
“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 27, 2024 a TV interview
Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • October 3, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 13, 2024 a post on X
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
False
By Mia Osmonbekov • September 19, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on August 8, 2024 on social media platform X
Ruben Gallego wants to “cut your Social Security.”
False
August 29, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 16, 2024 in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee
“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on December 10, 2022 a tweet
Luana Stoltenberg “originally LOST her race for Iowa State House when Machines declared the Democrat the Winner.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • December 20, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 19, 2022 a tweet
The COVID-19 vaccine for children is proving to be “not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be dangerous.”
False
By Alexis Waiss • November 9, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 12, 2022 a press conference
Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”
Mostly True
By Alexis Waiss • November 3, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 20, 2022 a tweet
Said Katie Hobbs “fought to” “prevent students from learning (about) the Pledge of Allegiance, Constitution, Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence.”
False
By Haley Tenore • November 2, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 7, 2022 an ad
"Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 1, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on March 13, 2022 an interview with 60 Minutes Australia
Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2022
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stated on November 16, 2022 an Instagram post
The number of followers Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake have on Instagram suggests election fraud.
Pants on Fire!
November 18, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 14, 2022 an Instagram post
Split election results show the Arizona governor’s race was rigged.
Pants on Fire!
November 16, 2022
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on October 10, 2022 an ad
“Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”
True
By Renee Romo • November 9, 2022
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on October 28, 2022 an ad
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
Mostly True
November 1, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 a post
A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.
Half-True
October 28, 2022
Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Aaron Lieberman
Aaron Lieberman
stated on April 28, 2022 an ad
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
Mostly False
May 12, 2022
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