As I toyed around with different headline ideas for this article (some of which I wouldn’t put into print), I finally concluded what I already knew: Politics is a rough sport and not for the faint of heart. That said, when one politician attacks another, how about just owning it when called out instead of making a flimsy excuse?
Before we begin, this disclaimer: I’m not particularly fond of either of the ladies in the article, so I don’t have a dog in the fight. However, I am quite fond of honesty and integrity, and dishonesty and lack of honesty are anathema to me. Anyway, let’s jump in, shall we?
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake claimed in an interview on Monday that her past criticism of late Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) was “in jest.”
During a November 2022 campaign event, Lake reportedly said:
We don’t have any McCain Republicans here, do we? Well, get the…