Republican Kari Lake has become a driving force in the Make America Great Again movement with nationwide popularity.
Unfortunately for her, that popularity did not translate to her home state of Arizona, where she was defeated in her quest to become governor in 2022 and senator in 2024.
When she appeared this week at TurningPoint USA’s “Americafest 2024,” she announced what her plans are for her career in politics.
“I am gonna go help President Trump in Washington, D.C. That’s what I’m gonna do,” she said at the conference, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona, as she informed the crowd that she does not intend to campaign again.
“We’re not where we need to be on elections. And that’s one of the reasons I don’t want to run again, to be honest. Why put yourself through that torture again?” she said.
President-elect Donald Trump, meanwhile, has nominated Lake, a former news anchor, to be the head of Voice of America, a government-funded international news outlet.
“I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America,” the president-elect said. “She will be appointed by, and work closely with, our next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, who I will announce soon, to ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”
“I am honored that President Trump has asked me to lead the Voice of America,” the Arizona Republican said in a post on X after she was nominated.
“VOA is a vital international media outlet dedicated to advancing the interests of the United States by engaging directly with people across the globe and promoting democracy and truth,” she said.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that Lake was one of the top candidates to be Trump’s ambassador to Mexico.
Lake, who has had Trump’s support for years and strongly supports strict border security, came up short in her bid for the Arizona Senate last month to Ruben Gallego, a Democrat. She also lost the 2022 election for governor of Arizona.
“A staunch Trump ally, Lake has remained close to the president-elect over the last few years, backing his unproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen. During her most recent run for office, Lake sought to moderate some of her positions, particularly on the topic of abortion. She also made efforts to mend fences with some establishment Republicans whom she had sparred with in the past,” Semafor reported.
“Lake has echoed Trump in backing strict limits on immigration. On the campaign trail, Lake described the influx of migrants entering the US as an ‘invasion.’ She campaigned on finishing the wall at the US southern border, increasing the number of judges who hear asylum claims, stepping up quick deportations of undocumented immigrants who cross outside official ports of entry, and building additional border detention facilities,” the outlet added.
Last week, Lake used an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast to address a report that she planned to join the conservative media outlet Newsmax.
“That reporting yesterday was absolutely fake news,” Lake told host Steve Bannon, who also remains close to President-elect Donald Trump. “Think about how bad the media is. You cannot hate them enough, Steve. You really, really can’t.”
Lake outlined the series of events that resulted in the false report, stating that both she and Newsmax refuted the allegations prior to the publication of the story.
“They reached out to me, asked if I was negotiating with Newsmax. I said, no, you know, get better sources. You’re wrong. Apparently, they reached out to Newsmax. Newsmax said it’s false, and they run the story anyway,” Lake explained.
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