Kari Lake’s failed campaign featured a lot of Donald Trump rhetoric, earning her comparisons to the former president. Lake was a voter denier, echoing Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged. After losing the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial race to Katie Hobbs, Lake did not admit defeat. tweeting“Arizonans know BS when they see it.”
Lake was popular in Arizona after her decades-long career as a news anchor in the state; her fame earned her the Republican primaries. Lake was expected by many to win as part of the predicted ‘red wave’ of Republican midterm victories. The wave never came, however, with many Republican losses tied to the endorsement of Kari’s ally Donald Trump.
Kari was raised by her father after her parents’ divorce.
Kari Lake was born in 1969 to Sheila and Larry Lake in Rock Island, Illinois. She grew up in eastern Iowa with eight older siblings: seven sisters and one brother.
When Kari was seven years old, her parents divorced and her father gained custody. Larry was a high school teacher and soccer coach and used to take Kari to practice. Kari attended North Scott Senior High, where she taught Larry; Lake earned a B in a social studies class taught by Lari.
Kari described Sheila, a nurse, as an ‘incredible human’, but said she’s glad Larry raised her. she lake said Time:
“Obviously, a mother is very important in the early years of a child’s life, in that nurturing phase, and after that, I think fathers are almost more important.”
“When you have a strong father in your life as a child, you don’t need someone else to define you. Your father helped define you.”
Lake’s ethnicity remains unclear, although some netizens claim that she is black.
Kari Lake’s ethnic background remains unclear. She hasn’t addressed it, and her appearance doesn’t provide conclusive answers.
Some assume she is white because a large part of the MAGA crowd is white. However, others point to her skin tone as evidence that she is black. @ayoomatt tweeted:
“I find it amusing that Kari Lake is obviously biracial, but she has cleaned up the internet without mentioning that. Kari Lake is black but he doesn’t want his MAGA fans to know.”
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