Meghan McCain rejects Kari Lake’s walkback of John McCain criticism: ‘No peace, b‑‑‑‑’

Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), went after Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday, accusing Lake of trying to make past insults about her father a joke. He vehemently criticized his attempts to deny it.

“Kari Lake is trying to end her continued attacks on my father (and my family) and all of his loyal supporters,” McCain said. “Get the hell out of here.” Tuesday’s X Postthe platform formerly known as Twitter.

“I think she realized she couldn’t be in the Senate without us,” McCain continued. “There’s no peace, bitch. We see you as you are, and we’re repulsed by it.”

Lake, a vocal supporter of former President Trump and a regular critic of John McCain, asked this at a campaign event while running for governor of the Grand Canyon state in 2022. “There are no McCain Republicans here. Will you? Get out!

At the time, the Republican Party “was McCain’s party,” she added. That was bad. Arizona has some losers, right? ”

in Monday’s interview “Frank talk with Bruce and Gaydos,” Lake said on KTAR News 92.3FM. And if John McCain, who has a great sense of humor, heard that, I’m sure he would have laughed. ”

“I want your vote. Whether you’re a McCain guy… if you call yourself a McCain Republican, you call yourself a centrist Republican, a Trump Republican, an America First Republican. If so, I want your vote. And guess what? “I want independent votes, I want disaffected Democrats, and there are a lot of people who are waking up and saying, ‘This isn’t going to work,'” she added.

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In the interview, Lake was also asked about his claims that the 2022 gubernatorial election was stolen.

“The election was not well run. They – they ran the election very poorly, and we don’t know who exactly stole the election, but there were a lot of people who ran the election badly, and we are not going to let them know the results. “I’ve seen it,” she said.

Lake is running for the seat currently held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has not yet announced whether she will seek re-election. Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego is also vying for the seat.