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

Kari Lakethe Republican frontrunner for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, recently gave a speech in front of a Confederate flag at the “Trumped Store” at Show Low, which sells pro-Trump merchandise and opponents of the 2020 election. In his speech, Lake, who also objected to the results of the 2022 gubernatorial race, 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 have 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 The new Senate seat was anchored in the Big Lie, or the false belief that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Trump.

During the speech where Lake announced her Senate run, Trump appeared virtually, endorsing 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 close the voting gap between her and her Democratic opponent, current House Representative Ruben Gallego. A recent poll showed Gallego, a former U.S. Marine who has been involved in Arizona politics for more than a decade, leading Lake by 8 points. Lake hopes to attract the same group of Arizonans who attended Trump’s Phoenix town hall on Thursday in 112-degree heat.

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 obtained by local reporters show he did not join the US Army until after the last American troops left Vietnam. Male.

Trump famously dodged the Vietnam War draft and, as president, debated with Vietnam vets over a film depicting the war. Another election denier also appeared to be in attendance, an Arizona senator Wendy Rogersposted a photo 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-slash-election-denial-gubernatorial candidate,” 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.”