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Kari Lake Chats With COVID Denialists About Her Senate Bid<!-- wp:html --><p>Rebecca Noble/Reuters</p> <p>Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tosses-out-kari-lake-arizona-governor-election-lawsuit">Kari Lake</a> is teasing a Senate run. But a possible return to the campaign trail hasn’t stopped her from appearing on far-right webshows, where she voices support for wild claim.</p> <p>Lake, a Republican, has refused to concede her 2022 loss, even after <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/24/us/politics/kari-lake-election-trial-arizona.html">a court rejected her election fraud claims</a>. She’s also spent recent weeks hinting at a Senate campaign—and while Republican leaders have <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/01/arizona-republican-senate-candidates-00080519">voiced skepticism</a> about her potential campaign, Lake has found a friendlier audience on right-wing webshows, where she has recently nodded along to justifications for potential right-wing violence.</p> <p>On Tuesday, Lake gave an interview to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/magas-new-shock-jock-is-a-bounty-hunter-with-a-troubled-past">Stew Peters</a>, a conspiracy theorist who <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/magas-new-shock-jock-is-a-bounty-hunter-with-a-troubled-past">made a documentary</a> claiming that COVID-19 vaccines secretly use snake venom, which will give people Satanic DNA.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lake-chats-with-satanic-dna-covid-denialists-about-her-senate-bid?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is teasing a Senate run. But a possible return to the campaign trail hasn’t stopped her from appearing on far-right webshows, where she voices support for wild claim.

Lake, a Republican, has refused to concede her 2022 loss, even after a court rejected her election fraud claims. She’s also spent recent weeks hinting at a Senate campaign—and while Republican leaders have voiced skepticism about her potential campaign, Lake has found a friendlier audience on right-wing webshows, where she has recently nodded along to justifications for potential right-wing violence.

On Tuesday, Lake gave an interview to Stew Peters, a conspiracy theorist who made a documentary claiming that COVID-19 vaccines secretly use snake venom, which will give people Satanic DNA.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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