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RandySF

(60,299 posts) Mon May 13, 2024, 01:58 AM May 13

AZ-SEN: Kari Lake pushes 'great replacement theory'

U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake claimed without evidence Sunday that Democrats are allowing undocumented immigrants to flood across the border as part of a nationwide plot to pad voter rolls while registering that group for Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

The Republican front-runner echoed the "great replacement theory" favored by white nationalists as she mixed accusations of election fraud with welfare fraud to a credulous Maria Bartiromo on her “Sunday Morning Futures” show on Fox News.

Lake has repeatedly employed these themes, in part to explain her 2022 gubernatorial loss. Lake is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has urged Lake to focus on matters such as inflation and the rising number of illegal immigrant entries, not election denialism. On Sunday, Lake seemed to again conflate the border situation with election outcomes.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/12/kari-lake-pushes-replacement-theory-favored-by-white-nationalists/73664349007/

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AZ-SEN: Kari Lake pushes 'great replacement theory' (Original Post) RandySF May 13 OP

When I hear someone talk about the Hreat Replacement Theory captain queeg May 13 #1

I'm confused, are you saying that you are a crackpot too? JoseBalow May 13 #2

I'm saying I don't judge everything that a person might believe by one crackpot idea they embrace captain queeg May 13 #3

I guess that depends on what that crackpot idea might be JoseBalow May 13 #6

They run on a platform of hatred and bigotry. Irish_Dem May 13 #4

When you have no real policy platform or solutions to real problems of the public, this where you go.....Crazy Land. dutch777 May 13 #5

captain queeg

(10,398 posts)

1. When I hear someone talk about the Hreat Replacement Theory

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 02:41 AM

May 13

My immediate thought is Crackpot. Even if they might same a few things that I believe they are crackpots underneath it all.

JoseBalow

(2,720 posts)

2. I'm confused, are you saying that you are a crackpot too?

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Mon May 13, 2024, 04:14 AM

May 13

Or you just believe what crackpots believe? I don't get it

captain queeg

(10,398 posts)

3. I'm saying I don't judge everything that a person might believe by one crackpot idea they embrace

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #2)

Mon May 13, 2024, 04:58 AM

May 13

That seems pretty obvious to me. I can’t explain it in simpler terms than that.

JoseBalow

(2,720 posts)

6. I guess that depends on what that crackpot idea might be

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #3)

Mon May 13, 2024, 12:55 PM

May 13

Like Great Replacement Theory. Hard not to judge someone based on that.

Irish_Dem

(48,809 posts)

4. They run on a platform of hatred and bigotry.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 06:21 AM

May 13

And they are proud of it.

dutch777

(3,078 posts)

5. When you have no real policy platform or solutions to real problems of the public, this where you go.....Crazy Land.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 07:40 AM

May 13

Unfortunately, this works with a frightening number of voters who ought to know better but are no more interested in being educated by the truth than they are in turning off Fox News.

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