Kari Lake Says ‘Powerful People’ Recently Tried to Bribe Her to Leave Politics

Kari Lake, Arizona Republican candidate for governor, stated during Saturday’s speech that she had been offered a bribe by someone to quit politics.

Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, Lake said that days ago, “powerful people” Lake approached her, and attempted to convince her to quit politics. Lake is a rising star within the Republican Party and has been considered as a potential vice presidential candidate or as a candidate for U.S. Senate 2020.

“Somebody showed up at my door this week, they called me before and said, ‘I gotta talk to you in person,’ this can’t be done over the phone,” Lake told a crowd Saturday. “They came to my door and they tried to bribe me [into] getting out of politics. This really happened. I’m telling you this because this is how disgusting politics is.”

Lake declined to provide further details on Lake’s identity or other information regarding the group. The Epoch Times was unable to independently confirm Lake’s claims, so we reached out to her team for further comment.

“They tried to bribe me with a job title, with a huge salary, a position on a board—this is how they do it,” The crowd was captivated by her words. “This person standing before me was sent at the request of some powerful people back east,” She added that, but did not go into details about the position on the board or the organization. “They want me out of politics.”

Lake, a former Arizona television news anchor, resigned in 2021 in order to run in the midterm election for the governorship in 2022. Democrat Katie Hobbs, who was sworn-in as governor earlier in the year. Lake however challenged the Nov. 8, election results in the state’s courts and has recently filed Appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court

CPAC’s annual conference, known for their straw polls of potential vice-presidential and presidential candidates. CPAC’s annual conference is known for its straw polls. This year, Donald Trump won the straw poll with 62% of votes. Florida Governor Rick Scott was second. Ron DeSantis received about 20%.

Lake was the no. According to the polls, Lake was the No. 1 vice president choice. Lake received 20 percent, DeSantis came in second with 14 percent, while former South Carolina Governor was third. According to reports, Nikki Haley finished third with 10% to be the GOP’s running mate.

What comes next?

Lake indicated that she intends to continue with her Arizona election case, even though last month, she had resigned. confirmed she’s “entertaining” A run for Arizona’s Senate Seat in 2024. That seat is currently held by former Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has not indicated whether she’s running for reelection.

Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk inquired if Lake was thinking about running for the position. Lake answered: “Yes, I am entertaining it. I mean my number one priority is our court case, and I have full confidence in our court case and I hope we will get a judge to do the right thing.”

“But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away,” Lake added. “I represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”

Peter Thompson (Maricopa County judge) dismissed Lake’s initial suit in December 2022. In it, her attorneys pointed to various Election Day issues throughout Maricopa County. Their argument was that Lake should win the election, or that it be redone.

The Arizona Court of Appeals tossed the election suit, saying that she did not provide sufficient evidence.

“Lake’s claim thus boils down to a suggestion that election-day issues led to long lines at vote centers, which frustrated and discouraged voters, which allegedly resulted in a substantial number of predominately Lake voters not voting,” Written by the judges of the appeals court panel (pdf). “But Lake’s only purported evidence that these issues had any potential effect on election results was, quite simply, sheer speculation.”

Lake tweeted on March 2 that she would challenge the state Supreme Court.

“We filed our Historic Election Integrity case with the Arizona Supreme Court. Pray for our Attorneys. Pray for the Judges. Pray for Justice. Pray for America,” Lake wrote.