Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake gave quite the performance on 60 Minutes Australia over the weekend, dodging serious questions and abruptly cutting the interview short.
Interviewer Liam Bartlett asked Lake, who is endorsed by Donald Trump and currently leading the Republican field in her state, about Trump’s statements that he would pardon the Jan.6 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol.
“Well, that really has nothing to do with being Governor of Arizona. I wasn’t there,” Lake replied.
“Let’s be fair on this. Your man, Donald — your man, Donald, brought it up,” countered Bartlett. Lake appeared to take great offense to his phrasing.
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“Why did you say that, sir? Your man, Donald?” she asked.
“He said they should all be pardoned. Do you think they should be pardoned?” Bartlett asked.
Ignoring the question, Lake said: ““I’m still amazed you said that. Your man, Donald. That’s just so disrespectful.”
Trump-endorsed AZ Gov candidate Kari Lake sat down for interview with ‘60 Minutes Australia,’ which aired tonight. Things when downhill fast when she was asked if she agreed with Trump that J6 defendants should get pardoned. She ends up storming off the set. pic.twitter.com/Jmat6BTS1l
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 14, 2022
“It’s just the flippant attitude,” Lake continued. “It’s just — it’s obvious you’ve come into this. It’s obvious you’ve come into this and you don’t like President Donald Trump.”
“Kari, do you think they should be pardoned?” Bartlett asked one more time.
“I have no say in that. I’m running for governor,” Lake said. “This isn’t something a governor does. You’re trying to twist that to make me look bad.”
Visibly ruffled, Lake transitioned into an attack on Australia’s biggest problem — in her mind. Not enough guns…
“So we would be better off with more guns here?” Bartlett asked.
“Yeah you would. You absolutely would, sir. I feel so sorry for the people of Australia,” Lake said.
After touting American freedom, Lake quickly wrapped up the interview. Once the connection was cut, but before the cameras stopped rolling, she said: “That guy’s a complete nut. Seriously. A complete insane person.”
Unsurprisingly, viewers reached a slightly different conclusion after the exchange aired:
In 2019 in Australia, there were 229 gun deaths, excluding from suicides. In the United States for the same time frame, there were 19,379 gun deaths,not incl suicides. Save your pity for Australia.
— @Anastasia (@mayzeesMom) March 14, 2022
Lake tries to avoid answering question re Jan. 6th Insurrectionists — whether or not she agrees w/ Trump, that “they should be pardoned”, by saying, “This isn’t something a governor does” and yet she immediately proceeds to lecture another country on how it should conduct itself.
— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) March 14, 2022
Kari Lake thinks Australia would be better much off with more guns?!! What makes people like her think everyone running around with a gun creates a better society? Someone please explain this to me like I’m a 5th grader, because I really don’t get it.
— JoJofromcocomo (@JJofromcocomo) March 14, 2022
Her saying Australians have no freedom is beyond insane.
— Morgan Peters (@holladay_joy) March 14, 2022
Cognitive-Emotional Dissonance overloads Kari Lake and she retreats to whataboutism.
Her Self-righteousness is another profound signal of Cognitive-Emotional Dissonance.
— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) March 14, 2022
Kari Lake….oh my…..a FRAGILE snowflake, who walked out of an Australian interview….without answering ANY questions! This Q wants to be GOVERNOR of AZ…She had a tRumpertantrum and walked off set! THIS is not what a TRUE GOVERNOR does…..this “woman” is a coward!
— paul Siminsky (@PaulSiminsky) March 14, 2022
Holy shit what I just watched on #60Minutes has completely thrown me. Kari Lake is fucking nuts. How’s the way she spoke down about Australia and Australians too?!
— Tobin (@TheTobinn) March 13, 2022
ZzBomb
The right are cowards. Lake is just par for the course. Any time they get asked the tough question, which lets be real this wasn’t a ‘tough’ question, they get up and run and act all incensed b/c someone is holding their feet to the fire, in person, no video editing where the can snip it to sound like they won. Just stamps their feet and runs away…. Like Trump does.
Again, they are party with NO platform, NO policy, NO ideas, NO solutions… just name calling and divisive culture war creation over things most people really don’t care about…. oh and pedophiles. The only entity on earth which has more dudes molesting minors than the Republican party is the Vatican at this point.
MarcyMayer
“Again, they are party with NO platform, NO policy, NO ideas, NO solutions…”
But they will wipe out the Democrats in November and retake control of the House and Senate. ?
MarcyMayer
Like when Sleepy Joey, the Alzheimer’s patient kept punting questions about whether the Supreme Court should be packed.
SammySeattle
^Weakest troll game going.
Jaquelope
Atta girl, Marcy. Keep deflecting and earning those rubles.
Den
“But they will wipe out the Democrats in November and retake control of the House and Senate. ?”
So the heterosexual male troll “marcy” easily proves the point of ZzBomb! Hoe funny these regressive minded trolls are. How transparent.
cuteguy
@Marcy m0ron
Hopefully the GQP are paying you to troll on here, a place you’re not welcome. Much like anywhere else on earth that has an ounce of taste. Don’t you have a KKK meeting at your trailer park you can go to instead?
Bosch
“But they will wipe out the Democrats in November and retake control of the House and Senate. ?”
Stating that your country is full of uneducated brainwashed morons is not the brag you think it is.
Cam
@MarcyMayer Hi, same old right wing troll.
Just a suggestion, if you’re going to try the old “I don’t like Republicans, but darn, they’re going to crush the Democrats” line, you may want to do it from a screename you haven’t already exposed as a right wing bigotry apologist.
I mean, really, how lazy, you couldn’t even create a new screename to try this old tactic of yours?
And as for the upcoming election, hmmm, Republicans lost all three branches last time, and they are defending more than double the senate seats the Dems are, so as always, your troll game is sad and weak.
Terrycloth
Hey do I have to separate you too ?
The Accidental Polemicist
Kari Lake is absolutely correct. She is running for governor of Arizona. If elected, she will not be determining whether to pardon January 6th detainees.
You can see on YouTube clips how Kari truly handled this 60 Minutes propaganda embarrassment. Aussies know all about this clown, Liam Bartlett.
SammySeattle
But somehow she has no problem stating her opinions on guns in Australia? There’s a clown to be found, but it’s not who you think it is.
Jaquelope
While she won’t be determining it, she must have an opinion on it.
It could be she disagrees, but didn’t want to say anything on national television in case the Orange Con saw it and withdrew his endorsement.
Den
The interviewer simply wanted to know her position on a controversial Trump statement, are you too dull to understand that, as Ms Lake clearly was. And really now! Australia needs more guns? Does she think Australians are jealous of the US death toll from firearms? Is she that stupid? Are you that stupid?
And by the way, he has two national awards for journalism in Australia, and three international awards. Sounds like Australians DO know all about him, but he is not the clown here. Interesting how your chosen screen name actually implies you don’t necessarily know what you are talking about, so if looking for clowns…try the mirror.
Gordon of the Bassets
Sixty Minutes Australia runs on the Nine Network which is a propaganda arm of the Right-wing Liberal Party, sort of Republican Lite.
cuteguy
@the accident
Can you get into a real accident and die already you GQP troll
Bosch
She was asked for her opinion on the matter, not whether she would personally carry it out. Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.
Brian
Governors can pardon people for state crimes. Questions like these get at her perspectives on crime, justice, fairness, priorities, etc., as well as her understanding of the law. She showed herself to be a dumb fool.
Cam
@The Accidental Polemicist
Hi SamB, Marcy Mayer, etc….
Don’t you get exhausted coming on to every post with multiple names trying to deflect from the Republican anti-LGBTQ bigotry, craziness and their hatred of America?
The Accidental Polemicist
I will correct my previous post.
Kari Lake appeared on Bannon’s War Room podcast and corrected the record.
Kari: “I’ve done a lot of interviews, Steve and not everyone’s as fair as you are. You want to get to the truth, and you just ask honest questions. This guy came into it with a raging case of stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome. And I did answer his question. I answered it three times. He didn’t like the answer I gave him because he couldn’t cut it and splice it the way he wanted. So he kept asking the same question. If you want to see the full interview unedited, go to my rumble page, Kari Lake Rumble. It is the craziest interview. I think he’s a complete lunatic. And it shows me that the global media is just as bad, if not worse, than the corrupt corporate media here.”
Ms. Lake did answer the question, but in typical left-wing propaganda fake news, it was edited out.
THAT Steve
WTF happened to her? She used to be my second favorite anchor in Phoenix and now she’s trying to out-Maria Bartiromo Maria Bartiromo!
Eternal.Cowboy
His “Your man Donald” bit was kinda obnoxious. Raising that she was personally endorsed by him was a legitimate thing but he went about bring that up all wrong.
Her response went into off the rails crazy.
Joshooeerr
On behalf of the people of Australia: save your pity. Since the gun buy-back after the Port Arthur massacre, we have not seen any mass shootings in Australia. And you Americans are ten times as likely to be fatally shot than anyone anywhere else in the western world. Oh, and I see that this very day in Chicago a mother was accidentally shot by her three-year-old. This is precisely why you don’t want more guns.
The Accidental Polemicist
Good, then stay there.
There is a correlation between the citizens being disarmed through gun control and the mass murders. There appears to be a relationship between the mass murders and gun confiscation imposed by rulers and despots who knew that the only way they could continue to brutalize their people and stay in power was by disarming them.
160,000,000 to 200,000,000 people have been killed by their totalitarian governments around the world. Some estimates are as high as 262,000,000.
I hope you’re not one of them. Good luck!
Bosch
@the intentional polemicist
Are you suggesting that Australia has a totalitarian government?
Cam
@The Accidental Polemicist, @SamB, @Marcy Mayer, etc…
Once again the right wing, anti-LGBTQ troll lies. Countries with strick gun laws have FAR lower crime rates, FAR lower murder rates, etc… But as always, you lie, then can’t put up any link to prove your point.
But let’s also dive into your statement, your idea is that people should have guns to attack their government…..typical anti-American right wing troll account. No wonder you all love Russia, you all hate America.
The Accidental Polemicist
@Bosch
No
scotty
just another vapid c u n t
soomog
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Mister P
Guns are out of control in this country.
bsg1967
As an Australian why give this psycho exposure on Australian TV she’s a hateful bigoted fool
nm4047
Not sure why she would have said yes to an interview from a reporter from another country. Surely FOX news gives her the friendly exposure she needs. In addition, 60 minutes isn’t exactly the top shelf of ‘news’ information, it’s a tabloid show and the 15minutes of aired time takes 6hrs of manipulative questions (from producer prompts) that are then edited with the response the producers want.