This 12 months, Lake has additionally pushed conspiracy theories about mail-in ballots and early voting, demanding a single day of in-person voting. Her assist for early and mail-in voting on the eve of the election echoes the flip-flopping from former president Donald Trump, who has additionally realized that with out early and mail-in voting he doesn’t have an opportunity to win.
Lake could have modified her thoughts on the veracity of mail-in ballots, however she stays satisfied that the election will likely be stolen. The one answer? “We’re going to make it too massive to rig,” Lake informed her supporters.
All through her Senate marketing campaign, Lake has repeatedly refused to reply a easy query: Would she be prepared to simply accept the outcomes of the election?
Polling means that Lake may very well be about to face one other loss, and based mostly on her remarks all through the marketing campaign, it’s unlikely that Lake, who will nonetheless not concede she misplaced in 2022, will likely be prepared to graciously concede.
Finally, Lake took her problem to courtroom, and misplaced once more. Undeterred, Lake continued to ingratiate herself with Trump and MAGA, and was even thought of as a attainable vice presidential candidate.
Now, Lake has claimed it could be silly to decide to accepting election outcomes with out understanding what these outcomes are.
A lot of her supporters who spoke to WIRED on Monday night time agreed with Lake, satisfied there was fraud afoot within the election already.
“I don’t suppose we should always settle for something till we all know that the election is an trustworthy election. We all know the final one was rigged and the 2020 one was rigged,” Sandy, a Lake supporter from Prescott Valley, tells WIRED.
However there have been additionally some supporters who urged their candidate to do the correct factor and concede if she was defeated.
“We’ve received no alternative, we’ve received to simply accept the outcomes,” says Rick Starmer, from Chino Valley in Yavapai County.
