Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake announced a Thursday event featuring current and former Democrats supporting her campaign, aiming to counter similar events for Vice President Kamala Harris and her opponent, Ruben Gallego. The events reflect the increasingly competitive political landscape in Arizona and the efforts of each candidate to broaden their appeal.
Former President Donald Trump has launched a new attack on New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, calling her a “maggot” and falsely claiming that thousands of supporters were blocked from gathering outside the courthouse where his hush money trial is taking place. Trump’s claims have been debunked by reporters at the scene. The former president also criticized the judge overseeing the case and suggested that the prosecution is a “scam” and a “hit job.”
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump accused Haberman of falsely reporting that he was disappointed with the crowds outside the courthouse. He also claimed that the streets were closed off by police, preventing supporters from gathering. However, video footage shows that the streets were open to traffic and there were barely any demonstrators in support of Trump.
Trump’s latest outburst is the latest in a series of attacks on Haberman, who has long enjoyed close access to the former president. However, their relationship has soured as Haberman has covered Trump’s behavior in the courtroom, including his inability to stay awake.
Trump also claimed that huge crowds of his supporters turned up to rally for him in Manhattan and were turned away by police, but this claim also appears not to be true. NBC News video footage shows the streets around the courthouse open to traffic, with barely anyone demonstrating in support of the former president.
Haberman herself has also debunked the idea that local streets were closed off during the trial, a point that has further enraged Trump.
Arizona state senate candidate Kari Lake has once again changed her position on abortion, this time supporting a near-total ban that she had previously called on state legislators to repeal. Lake’s latest comments contradict her previous statements on the issue, in which she had expressed support for abortion rights. Her stance has been criticized by Democrats and abortion rights advocates, who have accused her of pandering to the Republican base. Lake’s shifting views on abortion have raised questions about her commitment to the issue and her ability to represent the interests of Arizonans on the matter.
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit challenging the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona. The lawsuit was filed by Kari Lake, a Republican candidate for governor in 2022, and Mark Finchem, a former Republican state lawmaker. Lake and Finchem argued that the state’s electronic voting machines could be hacked and that their use violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. However, lower courts dismissed the lawsuit, finding that Lake and Finchem had not been harmed in a way that allowed them to sue. The Supreme Court agreed with the lower courts, writing that the lawsuit was “based on speculative concerns” and that the plaintiffs had not shown any actual harm from the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, who sought to ban electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona. The court’s decision effectively ends their efforts to require hand counts of ballots. Lake, now the GOP front-runner for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, and Finchem, running for state Senate, have repeatedly made unfounded claims about the security of electronic voting machines.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kari Lake’s appeal in her Arizona election loss case. Prosecutors in Trump’s hush-money trial argued that his payments to Stormy Daniels were an attempt to conceal information from the public before the 2016 election, raising concerns about a negative precedent for future presidential candidates. Legal experts are dissecting the prosecution’s opening argument in Trump’s New York criminal trial, highlighting the focus on election interference and the defendant’s alleged cover-up.
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge brought by Republican candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to Arizona’s use of voting machines in elections. The lawsuit, which alleged that voting machines were unreliable and inaccurate, had previously been dismissed by a lower court.
