Trump and Pence Add More Chaos to Bruising Arizona GOP Primary
Lake and Robson continue to fight each other instead of focusing on ArizonansÂ
PHOENIXÂ â Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbsâ out-of-touch gubernatorial opponents Kari Lake and Karrin Taylor Robson are losing their wager that shilling out to Donald Trump and Mike Pence will hide their lack of real solutions.
Trump-endorsed Lake took the stage Friday at a rally with the defeated former president, giving voters plenty of outlandish soundbites and blatant election lies but lacking any real answers to the stateâs toughest challenges. On the same day, Lakeâs trailing primary opponent Karrin Taylor Robson wined and dined former Vice President Mike Pence on her private jet, trying to deceive voters into thinking sheâs the saner choice for governor despite her near identical platform with Lake.
âAs expected, the daylong spectacle put on by my opponents Kari Lake and Karrin Taylor Robson showed voters once again that the two are identical in their off-the-wall positions and donât offer any real solutions to the most pressing issues facing everyday Arizonans,â Hobbs said. âFrom denying the validity of the 2020 election to supporting abortion bans with no exceptions, either one of them in Arizonaâs highest elected office is an enormous danger to the health and stability of our state.â
Lakeâs and Robsonâs focus on conspiracy theories and tearing down democracy has put them completely out-of-touch with the struggles of everyday Arizonans, leaving voters to wonder if theyâll ever address the issues theyâre looking to their leaders to solve. Lake and Robson are under the delusion that Arizonaâs economy is doing âgreatâ or has âcome roaring back,â and neither have proposed substantive plans to address the soaring cost of living.
While her opponents remain caught up in a bitter primary battle, Hobbs has built a warchest for the general election and has focused her campaign on tackling the issues that Arizona voters truly care about. Just this week, Hobbs released her plan to crack down on price gouging and save money for Arizonans. The plan adds to her larger platform addressing issues that hit everyday Arizonans the hardest, including: the soaring cost of living, attacks on reproductive freedom, and decades of federal inaction on immigration.