Kari Lake, the Republican gubernatorial nominee of Arizona who once threatened to cancel the Super Bowl if elected, is on pace to lose a hotly contested race to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Though the results remain unofficial, that did not stop former president Donald Trump from taking to Truth Social to spread election integrity conspiracy theories without any evidence in support of his claims.
“I assume everyone is watching Arizona as the great Kari Lake’s easy election win is slowly, yet systematically, being drained away from her, and from the American people,” said Trump. “This is a very sad thing to watch. Mail in Ballots, long election counts, many day elections, machines that very few people understand, massive counting centers, and more, are an American disaster.”
“Our elections have become an unreliable joke, and the whole world is watching!” Trump finished.
Lake, also without evidence, called Arizona “the laughing stock of elections” in the days after last Tuesday’s elections.
Unofficial results list Hobbs with 1,211,595 votes or 50.5% of the total. Lake trails with 1,185,584 votes, or 49.5% of the total vote.
Lake is a former television anchor who turned to politics and campaigned as a far-right Republican for Arizona’s open gubernatorial seat. Arizona has yet to officially declare a winner.
