"In 2022, Lake narrowly lost the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, and since then paired her support for Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election with her own unfounded accusations that her election was stolen from her as well. In reality, a post-election analysis showed that Lake lost in large part because tens of thousands of Arizonans cast votes for other Republicans, but not her."
"The Atlantic's report shreds Lake for her squandering of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer funds, obsessive social media posts about partisan political topics, and the profound damage [she has done] to America's foreign broadcasters, and to America's ability to communicate with the world, and notes that all this havoc still seems to be failing to win Trump's favor:"
Kari Lake serves as senior advisor at the U.S. Agency for Global Media and has overseen massive layoffs and the throttling or cancellation of programs that supported broadcast networks in regions with restricted press freedom. Free speech and democracy advocates have heavily criticized these moves. Lake narrowly lost the 2022 Arizona governor's race and the 2024 Arizona Senate race, promoted baseless 2020 election fraud claims, and accused her own elections of being stolen. A post-election analysis showed she lost largely because many Arizonans voted for other Republicans, not her. Lake identifies as acting CEO of USAGM, though that legal status is disputed.
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