Kari Lake, Arizona’s unrelenting gubernatorial contender, is on a one-person quest to turn the desert state around. She is speaking up loudly and acting in the right way because she is guided by morals and the Constitution.
On the other hand, Katie Hobbs, her cowardly Democratic rival, only has faith in unbridled power. Lake got the floor to herself in a one-on-one with the moderator after declining to participate in a debate. Although a debate would have been preferable — and should be required for anybody running for public office — Lake was given the chance to spend the entire hour outlining her goals for becoming governor.
One concern was raised over the Super Bowl, which Arizona is planning to host in 2023. Lake has previously made known that she intends to declare a border invasion once she is in government, which would be a month before that event. In order to re-connect politics and sports, the moderator brought up Arizona’s failure to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the NFL’s threat to pull out in the early 1990s.
Watch as Lake skilfully navigates through the snares and precisely slashes at the core of the issue.
"I don’t answer to the @NFL
I answer to the people of Arizona.
If the NFL wants to play chicken over the 2023 Super Bowl, I can promise you that I win that game." pic.twitter.com/8KtnIk28io
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 24, 2022
Lake is given the directive to commence when asked: “You have stated for quite a while now, day one as governor, that you would declare an invasion at the southern border. Do you believe you have the legal authority to do that?”
“Absolutely,” Lake replied. “Article one, section 10, United States Constitution.” Boom, it was quick, simple, and accurate.
The moderator then brought up the NFL depriving Arizona of a Super Bowl in the 1990s because they refused to declare Martin Luther King Day a holiday, as was previously discussed. “You would be sworn in a month from the Super Bowl being here,” the moderator said to Lake. “If the NFL were to threaten they’re going to pull the Super Bowl if you do that, would it make you waver in your decision?”
The ball was teed up from this point, and Lake smashed it a mile down the fairway. “You want to tell me that a bunch of football teams owned by billionaires are okay with fentanyl pouring across our border at a record level, killing our young people?” she asked. “Number one killer right now is fentanyl, 18-45. It’s killing a generation of people. If the NFL is okay with that, then they ought to do some soul searching. I don’t think the NFL’s that stupid. I really don’t.”
She continued along these lines on Twitter: “If the NFL wants to play chicken over the 2023 Super Bowl, I can promise you that I win that game.”
On both counts, Lake is entirely correct. She has the power to defend her state from what she describes as a catastrophe at the border and an unlawful invasion, and she is even more right that the NFL would be powerless to intervene. Major League Baseball moved the All-Star game out of Atlanta due to pitiful woke virtue signaling, only to be roundly condemned by everyone – including Stacey Abrams, who was formerly a fan of the idea – because it destroyed the local economy and lost the city $100 million.
Additionally, the NFL wouldn’t have any time to take action. Lake would take office in January, and the game would start a month after that. Is it really possible for anyone to think that the NFL could and would demand that all reservations for the whole week be canceled? I hope they give it a shot.
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