Former Arizona senate candidate Kari Lake announced she will no longer run for political office.
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, Lake said, “I am gonna go help President Trump in Washington, D.C. That’s what I’m gonna do.”
“We’re not where we need to be on elections. And that’s one of the reasons I don’t want to run again, to be honest,” she said. “Why put yourself through that torture again? Thankfully, President Trump’s victory, it was too big to rig.”
In a statement on X, Lake reiterated, “We know the movement that we have in Arizona, and I will never take that for granted. But there is a corrupt machine here that is hellbent on making sure I never hold office. “
“So, I won’t put my family (and myself) through the torture of running again,” she wrote. “I will go to Washington, D.C., return @VOANews to its glory days, and help President Trump Make America Great Again.”
In his announcement of Lake for director of Voice of America, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America. She will be appointed by, and work closely with, our next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, who I will announce soon, to ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”
“Kari was a beloved News Anchor in Arizona, which supported me by record margins, for over 20 years.”
