Tucson, Arizona (AP) — Arizona Governor Doug Ducy Already helped block one of former Presidents Donald Trump An ally who won the Republican Governor’s nomination in an important fierce battle state. Now he wants a repeat in his backyard.
Deucey is part of a fast-growing effort during the establishment of the Republican Party to lift the lesser-known home developer Karrin Taylor Robson against former TV newscaster Kali Lake, who is backed by Trump. is.Other prominent Republicans, including former New Jersey Governor Chris ChristieRecently, they are also lined up behind Robson.
Push is reminiscent of many major Republicans gathered around Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in the final stretch of his final successful bid to fend off Trump-backed primary challengers. ..
The central states of Trump’s elections are the two closest battlefields in 2020, such as Georgia and Arizona, and are willing to overturn the results when Kemp and Ducey refuse to proceed. Pushed to and smoked. Trump has already faced setbacks in Georgia and the August 2nd race in Arizona will lead a state that could be decisive if the score is confirmed and it is decided to run again in 2024. This is one of the last opportunities to set up an ally.
“In Arizona, people are as independent as they are in Georgia and choose the people they think are the best to take responsibility for,” Ducey told The Associated Press. “In Georgia, voters said Brian Kemp, and I have hope in Arizona, they would say Karen Taylor Robson.”
As an incumbent seeking reelection, Kemp had an advantage over his main rival, David Padew, and eventually beat him by nearly 52 percent points... Without incumbent ballots — Ducey faces his term limit — the Republican contest in Arizona will probably be much closer.
But what once looked like an insurmountable lead to Lake could end up in a more competitive finish. Robson is using the vast fortunes of his family to drown a lake that is lagging behind in funding, despite his support for Trump, as early voting is already underway. Robson had run out of more than 5 to 1 lakes as of the end of June.
The final operation by some major Republican figures may prove important in close quarters. Beyond Ducey and Christie, Robson dropped out of the governor’s race and lined up support from former US Congressman Matt Salmon, who supported her. Meanwhile, the Border Guard union defeated Trump, supported Robson, and partially quoted Lake’s previous statement in support of the path to citizenship for those who live illegally in the country.
Former Vice President Mike PenceHe split up especially with Trump in Georgia and campaigned with Kemp, but hasn’t yet chosen a side in Arizona.
On her side, Lake is an unlikely MAGA champion.
Famous former local newscaster donated to Barack Obama And for years, hanging out with drag queens at a gay bar near a television station, Lake was once the opposition to Trump’s political brand.
Still, she left her 30-year television career, proclaiming “journalism is dead,” and took the sledgehammer to the mountain of television, so she soared to the top of the field.
For over 27 years, she has built strong ties between Phoenix media market viewers and local Fox affiliates, creating a unique and strong bond with the base that drove Trump to the White House in 2016. Still don’t believe him lost in 2020.
Even Trump seemed impressed with the applause that inspired her when her name mentioned it at a rally in Phoenix last year. He supported her after a while.
She in turn adopted his fighting style, his story about the 2020 elections (she mistakenly says it was corrupt and stolen), and his rigorous approach to border security. .. She has left her close relationship with John McCain’s family and is now in a feud with the children of the late US Senator.
“We’re going to go the past way of being the McCain Mafia who runs the show, or go to America first,” Lake told a crowd of hundreds at Tucson’s Country Western Bar last week. Many arrived more than an hour early and waited for a chance to get inside in the heat of southern Arizona.
Lake, 52, routinely blames journalists for asking her questions and publishes footage on social media.
Last year, she nodded to the backlash of her right to teaching about race and history in public schools and said she wanted to install a camera in the classroom to monitor teachers.
If elected, she immediately puts an unverified legal theory that illegal immigrants constitute the “aggression” of the United States and give the governor the war power to eliminate people from the country without proceedings in immigration court. She says she will call.
Since Robson and her allies began reporting in court, Lake has claimed without evidence that “they may be trying to set another stage for theft.”
Rosa Alfonso, a 60-year-old speech therapist in Tucson, said: “That’s a big deal.”
Robson, 57, has a lifelong relationship with Republican politics, but is her first candidacy. Both his father and brother held elected Republican positions.
As a real estate developer lawyer, she is at the heart of the suburban sprawl phenomenon that is driving the tremendous growth of the Phoenix region. Ducey has appointed her to the board of directors overseeing three public universities in Arizona. This was her most famous public role before running for governor.
“These are serious times,” Robson said in a recent debate. “We need a serious candidate with a record of achievement.”
Her husband, home developer Ed Robson, 91, is one of the wealthiest residents in the state and is gathering a retired community planned by a wealth-building master. She states that the 2020 election was “unfair”, but she didn’t call it a scam. Like a lake, she runs as a border hawk.
She has branded her rival “Fake Lake” and emphasized that she made a $ 350 donation to Obama’s 2008 campaign, but Robson himself made a large donation to the Democratic Party.
“It’s all an act,” Ducey said of the lake. “The campaign she’s running isn’t like the life she’s lived in for the last 30 years or the interaction she’s had with me. She’s doing a show. How many people do it? I know if I will buy it. “