Kari Lake Says ‘Powerful People’ Recently Tried to Bribe Her to Leave Politics
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said during a Saturday speech that she was recently offered a bribe to leave politics.
Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, Lake said that days ago, “powerful people” approached her and tried to bribe her to get out of politics. A rising star in the Republican Party, Lake has been floated as a possible vice presidential candidate or a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
“Somebody showed up at my door this week, they called me before and said, ‘I gotta talk to you in person,’ this can’t be done over the phone,” Lake told a crowd Saturday. “They came to my door and they tried to bribe me [into] getting out of politics. This really happened. I’m telling you this because this is how disgusting politics is.”…