Trump loyalist and US Senate Candidate Kari Lake criticizes NYC conviction, speaks in front of Confederate flag

Kari LakeLeading Republican candidate for the US Senate in Arizona, recently delivered a speech before a Confederate flag at the “Trumped Store” at Show Low that sells merchandise supporting Trump and those opposed to the 2020 election. During his speech, Lake, who also dispute results of her 2022 gubernatorial run, complained about the validity of by Donald Trump 34 convicted felon in Manhattan and boasted about her relationship with the former president.

“All news is propaganda,” she told a cheering crowd holding posters depicting Lake as Rosie the Riveter. “An accounting dispute is what took them six weeks to indict Trump. I know him personally; He can handle it.”

Trump is scheduled to participate in a virtual interview Monday with a New York City Probation Officer from his home in Mar-a-Lago, multiple sources told NBC News. Holding the meeting virtually is highly unusual, legal experts said, noting that Trump personally visiting the probation office would be “very disruptive.”

This kind of blanket support for Trump is not new to Lake, nor was it a mistake during her campaign. From the beginning, she was racing by Kyrsten Sinema New Senate seats have been anchored Big lieor the mistaken belief that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Trump.

In the speech where Lake announced his candidacy for the Senate, Trump appeared virtually, applauding her from a large screen placed behind her podium.

“When I’m in the White House, I’m going to need strong warriors in the Senate,” Trump said. “Kari is one of the most resilient fighters in the movement. She is very special.”

Lake is trying to narrow the vote divide between her and her Democratic Party opponent, the current House Representative Ruben Gallego. Recently poll shows Gallego, a former U.S. Marine who has been involved in Arizona politics for more than a decade, leads Lake by 8 points. Lake hopes to attract the same group of Arizonans who came here in the 112-degree heat to join Trump’s Phoenix town hall on Thursday.

It was his first political protest since a New York jury convicted him last month of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to Daniels stormsa porn star, before the 2016 election.

At Lake’s Show Low campaign stop, she was joined by the Republican legislative candidate Steve Slaton, who owns the “Trumped Store” and has been criticized over accusations that he exaggerated his military background. While his campaign website claims he served in Vietnam, records get by local reporters indicated that he did not join the United States Army until the last American troops had left Vietnam.

Trump famously dodged the Vietnam War draft and, as president, Debate with Vietnam vets about a film depicting war. Another election denier also appeared to be in attendance, an Arizona senator Wendy Rogers, posted image of Lake and Slaton holding hands on X.

When New York Times And Guardboth previously reported on Lake’s recent speech, which commented on her visit to the Trumped Store. Her team criticized the institutions, in turn criticizing their Op-Ed decisions and British lineage.

Shortly after Trump was convicted, Lake, a “failed-governor-candidate-slashed-savagely-election-rejected”, issued a statement vehemently defending the former president.

“We have just witnessed the most egregious example of election interference and a blatant mockery of the rule of law in the 246-year history of our Republic,” Lake added. “This entire process up to the verdict was just a shameful political stunt.”

At the Trumped Store, Lake briefly reiterated his position: “Trump endorsed me. I will support him. I love Trump.”