(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake explained to a leftist mouthpiece that asking questions about elections is okay and that the freedom of speech is important, especially for journalists.
While Lake was answering questions from the press at a recent “Kari Lake for Governor” event, one of the reporters asked her a question that showed once again why normal Americans don’t trust the mass media.
“You said you feel like Joe Biden is dividing the country, but do you feel like Donald Trump is doing the same by falsely telling people that he won that election when he lost it?” the reporter asked.
Lake responded by pointing out the hypocrisy of his question.
“Since when can we not ask questions about our elections? As a journalist for many years… I was a journalist after 2016 and I distinctly remember many people, just like you, asking a lot of questions about the 2016 election results, and nobody tried to shut you up,” she said.
“Nobody tried to tell Hillary Clinton to shut up. Nobody tried to tell Kamala Harris, when she was questioning the legitimacy of these electronic voting machines, to [shut up].”
She then added that America still has freedom of speech and that he should appreciate it, especially considering his occupation.
“We have freedom of speech in this country and you, of all the people, should appreciate it. You are supposedly a journalist. You should appreciate that.”
Lake then pointed out that, in her perspective, asking questions about elections is not going to divide a country, but something else definitely will.
“I don’t see how asking questions about an election where there were many problems is dividing a country,” she explained.
“What I do see dividing a country is shutting people down, censoring people, canceling people [and] trying to destroy people’s lives when they do ask questions.”
In the end, Lake said that “semi-fascists” are the ones right now who are fighting for this country, which this leftist journalist would hopefully appreciate someday.
“Last I heard, we still have the Constitution. It’s hanging by a thread thanks to some of the work some people in this area have done,” she said.
“But we’re going to save that Constitution and we’re going to bring back freedom of speech. And maybe someday you’ll thank us for that.”
