GOP Guv Nominee Shocked That Candidate She Endorsed Publicly Called Jews Evil

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 02: Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake speaks at an election-night gathering at the Double Tree Hotel on August 02, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lake is endorsed by former Pres... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 02: Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake speaks at an election-night gathering at the Double Tree Hotel on August 02, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lake is endorsed by former President Donald Trump while Karrin Taylor Robson is endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Jarrin Jackson, the Republican contender for an Oklahoma state Senate seat, is not shy about his views: He thinks Jews are evil and that being gay is disgusting. His public comments to that effect have been reported on extensively; it only takes a simple Google search to see them. 

And yet Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona, was apparently caught by surprise by Jackson’s bigotry — after she endorsed his campaign for public office. “RINOs & the Soros media attack him relentlessly because he’s over the target,” Lake wrote of Jackson last Wednesday.

The Arizona Republican subsequently claimed over the weekend that she’d only seen Jackson’s résumé as a combat veteran — but apparently not the bit about Jews — before making the endorsement.

“I looked at Jarrin’s resume as (a) Combat Veteran in Afghanistan. It is impossible to dig into everything someone has said in their life. If his reported comments are true, I obviously rescind my endorsement,” Lake told Axios. “I respect Jarrin’s service to our Nation, but clearly denounce that kind of derogatory language.” 

Lake added: “Let me be clear: Our great movement welcomes anyone and everyone who wants to fight for a better future.”

That Lake claims to have not known about Jackson’s beliefs is baffling: Media Matters’ Eric Hananoki and others have extensively documented the far-right internet streamer’s comments, including, “I’m not beholden to Jews.”

Separately, complaining about a documentary he’d seen, Jackson urged his followers to “outline & detail the evil. Amen. The Jews. Illuminati. Covid shots kill. Rothschilds. Communists. Woke pastors. Social gospel.”

On another livestream, Jackson promoted the racist so-called “Great Replacement” theory, playing a clip in which a narrator asserted that “an unholy alliance of leftists, capitalists and Zionist supremacists” was working to eliminate white people in Europe through “immigration and miscegenation.” 

“They want to get rid of white people because of their Christianity,” Jackson commented.

Jackson has expressed hatred for gay people, too. “It’s the most disgusting, despicable, stupid, blegh thing ever,” he said in June.

The run-off race for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma’s 2nd Senate district, in which Jackson is a contender, will take place Tuesday

Lake is far from the only prominent Republican who has gotten behind the Oklahoman. An endorsement page for the candidate lists the support of Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers, Arizona secretary of state nominee state Rep. Mark Finchem, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. 

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  1. Like so many of the fascistgop Lake insists her heartfelt beliefs are meant for consumption solely by the fascist base and certainly not by the sentient public or anyone with an ethical or moral nature.

  2. Always a good idea to find our just who you are getting in bed with…before you make an ass of yourself.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Shorter Lake: Why would you think I agree with him just because everything I say and do shows my approval?

  4. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    She should have taken a clue from the Party they are both in.

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