She purposely alienated McCain voters and even told them to get the hell out at one of her rallies instead of trying to get as many votes as possible.
She could have won despite the election day Maricopa issues if only she didn't push away many center right voters.
Why would you ever tell people not to vote for you and demonize a dead politician even if you hated him?
She had good communication skills but she unfortunately had absolutely terrible political sense.
She also leaned way too hard into Trump worship. That infamous picture of her vacuuming a rug that Trump would stand on before Trump arrived to one of her rallies devastated her appeal to independents.
Kari Lake is the prime example of pure wasted talent. She could have won despite the election day shenanigans had she just done a few things differently.
She has since destroyed her future political career by going full "stop the steal" grifter mode where she still gives her supporters false hope that the courts will somehow allow a redo of the election.
She has also gone full Trump cultist and spread blatant lies that Soros somehow endorsed Governor DeSantis.
Lake is one of the most obnoxious figures in the GOP these days.
I pray she never wins a primary again for any office again in Arizona so we won't throw more winnable races away.
Being a shittier candidate just for muh electability purposes is not a winning play long term. The overton window needs to shift. Having candidates like her who say the right shit and tell the right people to fuck off is exactly what we need. And the fact remains that she wins barring election shenanigans.
She has since destroyed her future political career by going full "stop the steal" grifter mode where she still gives her supporters false hope that the courts will somehow allow a redo of the election.
She is set for life regardless of what she does. Saying what she is doing is grifting is just you going out of your way to interpret it in that manner. Fighting election integrity battles is a very uphill battle. I'm not over here saying she will be instated as governor, but continuing to keep the issue in the news is important. Continuing to wage legal battle is important. Footage from her case has been the most effective thing when it comes to getting through to my family members that try to pretend no shenanigans are afoot. As blatant as it is, we are still at the part where we need to spread awareness.
I recognize your username as having been here and on reddit for a while, so I will generally defend you when people accuse you of being a shill. But when you pull this "I pray good candidates don't win primaries because they are less likely to win, I would rather have a more milquetoast loser win because they are more electable" shit, it is not hard to see why people call you a shill so often. DeSantis is a bit of an exception, because he has been such a good governor, that at least one can reason that if he does a similar job as president then we could expect him to do a good job. But I dont think anyone is under any similar impressions that the alternatives running in most GOP Governor or senator primaries are similarly solid.
You cannot improve election integrity without winning elections.
Electability is something the Trump affiliated wing of the GOP sadly refuses to even consider. PA primary voters are from the Trump branch mainly and these idiots nominated lunatic Mastriano in a swing state. They still have the audacity to claim Mastriano lost due to muh fraud. He lost by fucking double digits. He cost the PA GOP the State House in the legislature by being such a bad candidate that the down ballot was annihilated.
This is the part that you don't seem to grasp fully.
Shitty candidates can't win elections.
You need to win elections to enact policy.
I actually want candidates who can win and implement conservative policy.
The Trump wing of the party sadly values wallowing in grievance more than achieving actual results.
I want more candidates like Ron DeSantis in every state. People who can win and do win and then they actually implement good conservative policy.
I am not advocating for actual weak cucks like Lindsey Graham to win primaries like you are falsely insinuating.
Lake was a shitty candidate for a few reasons.
She purposely alienated McCain voters and even told them to get the hell out at one of her rallies instead of trying to get as many votes as possible.
She could have won despite the election day Maricopa issues if only she didn't push away many center right voters.
Why would you ever tell people not to vote for you and demonize a dead politician even if you hated him?
She had good communication skills but she unfortunately had absolutely terrible political sense.
She also leaned way too hard into Trump worship. That infamous picture of her vacuuming a rug that Trump would stand on before Trump arrived to one of her rallies devastated her appeal to independents.
Kari Lake is the prime example of pure wasted talent. She could have won despite the election day shenanigans had she just done a few things differently.
She has since destroyed her future political career by going full "stop the steal" grifter mode where she still gives her supporters false hope that the courts will somehow allow a redo of the election.
She has also gone full Trump cultist and spread blatant lies that Soros somehow endorsed Governor DeSantis.
Lake is one of the most obnoxious figures in the GOP these days.
I pray she never wins a primary again for any office again in Arizona so we won't throw more winnable races away.
Being a shittier candidate just for muh electability purposes is not a winning play long term. The overton window needs to shift. Having candidates like her who say the right shit and tell the right people to fuck off is exactly what we need. And the fact remains that she wins barring election shenanigans.
She is set for life regardless of what she does. Saying what she is doing is grifting is just you going out of your way to interpret it in that manner. Fighting election integrity battles is a very uphill battle. I'm not over here saying she will be instated as governor, but continuing to keep the issue in the news is important. Continuing to wage legal battle is important. Footage from her case has been the most effective thing when it comes to getting through to my family members that try to pretend no shenanigans are afoot. As blatant as it is, we are still at the part where we need to spread awareness.
I recognize your username as having been here and on reddit for a while, so I will generally defend you when people accuse you of being a shill. But when you pull this "I pray good candidates don't win primaries because they are less likely to win, I would rather have a more milquetoast loser win because they are more electable" shit, it is not hard to see why people call you a shill so often. DeSantis is a bit of an exception, because he has been such a good governor, that at least one can reason that if he does a similar job as president then we could expect him to do a good job. But I dont think anyone is under any similar impressions that the alternatives running in most GOP Governor or senator primaries are similarly solid.
You cannot improve election integrity without winning elections.
Electability is something the Trump affiliated wing of the GOP sadly refuses to even consider. PA primary voters are from the Trump branch mainly and these idiots nominated lunatic Mastriano in a swing state. They still have the audacity to claim Mastriano lost due to muh fraud. He lost by fucking double digits. He cost the PA GOP the State House in the legislature by being such a bad candidate that the down ballot was annihilated.
This is the part that you don't seem to grasp fully.
Shitty candidates can't win elections.
You need to win elections to enact policy.
I actually want candidates who can win and implement conservative policy.
The Trump wing of the party sadly values wallowing in grievance more than achieving actual results.
I want more candidates like Ron DeSantis in every state. People who can win and do win and then they actually implement good conservative policy.
I am not advocating for actual weak cucks like Lindsey Graham to win primaries like you are falsely insinuating.