Posted on 01/28/2024 3:15:01 PM PST by backpacker_c
Party officials from across the state gathered in Phoenix for a long scheduled meeting and to select a replacement for Jeff DeWit, who stood down after DailyMail.com published a recording of the moment he apparently offered Lake a bribe not to run again.
But the secret audio has divided the party. While some have applauded Lake, a firebrand hardliner who is close to Donald Trump, others accused her of secretly wearing a wire to set up DeWit.
Witnesses said she was booed for a minute as she tried to make the case for Gina Swoboda to be elected chair of the Arizona party.
The outbursts reflect the crisis facing the Arizona party, as different wings squabble over who is to blame for fundraising problems.
After DeWit resigned, Trump canceled an appearance at the party's 'Freedom Fest' on Friday, which would have brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars in a crucial election year.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The man who tried to bribe me mentioned the "backscratching club."
I'm not going to join the backscratching club.
I'm going to join the ass-kicking club.
The Swamp doesn't want me. That's fine.
The people do.
Arizonans are ready for a Senator to go to DC & do as our founding fathers envisioned.
KariLake.com/supportkari
It appears every state republican party has its share of RINOs.
Me too. Conservative but won’t chase away voters.
I think Sheriff Mark Lamb is a better candidate.
Yup. Just another McCain family reunion.
The Communist left have clearly hijacked the fed gov. Why wouldn't they also highjack both political parties as well?
Almost certainly DeWit was wearing a wire too, and if she had taken the offered bribe, he would have used it to destroy her.
50-75% of the repugnic-nt party is anti-American.
The AZ RINO’s/Democrats Lite are butt hurt!
Makes you think they probably did pay off Bernie
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Hildabeast made the bern an offer he couldnβt refuse
AZ is a one-party consent state.
rinos can KMA.
In light of what we know, she was 100% correct to have recorded the conversation.
That’s why it is called the DC Swamp “Uniparty.”
“After DeWit resigned, Trump canceled an appearance at the party’s ‘Freedom Fest’ on Friday, which would have brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars in a crucial election year”.
I see the leftists saying this but I read he did this due to court appearances.
https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2024/01/25/trump-visit-cancelled-arizona
He may be as good a pick as Lake, but as a candidate he needs to run a higher profile campaign if he’s going to compete against media savvy opponents like Lake and then Sinema.
Has Trump talked to Sheriff Mark Lamb? He is Lakeβs primary opponent in the race for Senate. Very impressive guy
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What if the βpeople from back eastβ was trump?
Working thru his 16 & 20 campaign agent dewit to grease the skids for sheriff mark?
Don't know, but agree Lamb is impressive. Also don't know if Lamb had filed before Trump's endorsement of Lake, but Trump is likely stuck with it now.
Don't know, but agree Lamb is impressive. Also don't know if Lamb had filed before Trump's endorsement of Lake, but Trump is likely stuck with it now.
The booing might be factual, but it is so typical that the headline emphasizes this negative, rather than that the candidate Lake was booed for supporting went on to WIN the office of party chair. So the happy headline is: “McCain Cabal Loses after Booing Lake”.
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