Kari Lake describes AZ gubernatorial debate as a job interview, calls out Hobbs for not debating

Kari Lake says opponent Katie Hobbs should debate her because gubernatorial debates are like a job interview for Arizona residents to decide who will be their next governor.

Published: September 13, 2022 6:09pm

Updated: September 13, 2022 7:31pm

Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake hopes that Katie Hobbs will eventually decide to debate her so the residents of Arizona can view clearly their two options for the next governor. 

"This is not about her and it's not about me," Lake said on the Tuesday edition of "Just the News, Not Noise." "It's about the people of Arizona and as far as I'm concerned, this is our job interview. You would never hire somebody if they failed to show up for the job interview."

The Arizona Democrat gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs confirmed on Sunday that she would not debate Lake because it would "make Arizona the subject of national ridicule," according to Hobbs' campaign manager.

Lake went into detail about Hobbs' failures as the current Arizona secretary of state. 

"Katie Hobbs doesn't want to show up," Lake stated. "She doesn't have any good policy. She knows that her voting record when she was in the Senate was abysmal. She actually voted against border security, against virtual border security, against funding the border Strike Force. Meanwhile, she was pushing such nonsense as introducing sex education in kindergarten."

One of Lake's main campaign issues is election integrity and she intends to keep pursuing that if elected governor. 

"I am all about restoring faith, confidence and honesty in our elections," said Lake. "I've never shied away from that. Anytime you have the media and the government telling you you can't talk about a certain issue that should raise red flags."

"I will never stop pointing out when there are problems because we have a lot of problems in our election system," Lake concluded. "And we want to fix them so that every Arizona voter, whether they're Democrat, Independent or Republican, knows that their legal vote counted when they go to bed on election night." 

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