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| Audio recording reveals the moment that senior Republican figure tried to bribe Kari Lake not to run for Senate |
| 2024-01-24 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] An audio recording obtained by DailyMail.com reveals the extraordinary moment when what appears to be Arizona's top Republican official tried to bribe populist firebrand Kari Lake not to run in the state's Senate race. Jeff DeWit, 51, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, can be heard asking Lake, a close ally of Donald Trump, to name her price to stay out of politics for two years. 'There are very powerful people who want to keep you out,' he tells her in a conversation recorded at the start of March last year. DeWit tells Lake, 54, one of the most public faces of the former president's MAGA movement and a woman frequently spoken of as a 2024 vice-presidential pick, that he thinks Trump will lose and it is time to make way for someone else. After asking her not to mention the conversation to anyone, he makes his first offer. 'So the ask I got today from back east was: "Is there any companies out there or something that could just put her on the payroll to keep her out?’ Lake reacts with indignation. 'This is about defeating Trump and I think that's a bad, bad thing for our country,' she said. Later, DeWit, who was chief operating officer on the Trump's 2020 campaign frames it differently. 'Just say, is there a number at which....' he begins. Lake cut in: 'I can be bought? That's what it's about.' 'You can take a pause for a couple of years. You can go right back to what you're doing.' Lake repeatedly rebuffs him and says she wouldn't do it for a billion dollars. 'This is not about money, it's about our country,' she says. Two sources confirmed DeWit's identity as the speaker. He and his press secretary did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Lake's office also did not respond. At the time of their conversation, Lake was publicly mulling a run for the U.S. Senate. Related: Kari Lake: 2024-01-16 Conservative Favorite Kari Lake Campaigns for Trump in Sub-Zero Pella, Iowa on Caucus Night – The Parking Lot is Packed! (VIDEO) Kari Lake: 2024-01-01 Top Twenty Terrible Predictions for 2024 Kari Lake: 2023-12-26 Kari Lake supports reexamining federal funding for elite universities after antisemitism hearing Related: Jeff DeWit: 2023-08-12 Report: Katie Hobbs Asked Twitter to Censor Users Criticizing Her Trump ‘Neo-Nazi' Post Uncovered by Breitbart Jeff DeWit: 2023-07-13 GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote Jeff DeWit: 2023-05-21 AZ GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit Walks Into a Restaurant, Gets Destroyed By Kari Lake For Not Supporting Her Election Fraud Lawsuit |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Dewitt has now resigned. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2024-01-24 23:16 |
| #3 As bad as you think it is, you're not thinking bad enough. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2024-01-24 08:45 |
| #2 As pointed out at ZH, this guy should be squeezed to say who "back east" was backing these bribe offers. I'd imagine the DoJ is not interested. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-24 07:25 |
| #1 Worth a listen, especially her final line. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2024-01-24 06:12 |