{"id":8529,"date":"2025-01-02T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8529"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:19:51","slug":"kari-lake-says-she-wont-seek-office-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/kari-lake-says-she-wont-seek-office-again\/njackson\/2025\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake Says She Won&#8217;t Seek Office Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">She&#8217;s done&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she&#8217;s done with pursuing public office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe 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\u2019t put my family (and myself) through the torture of running again,\u201d Lake wrote Saturday in a post on<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KariLake\/status\/1873056219029750049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> X<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We know the movement that we have in Arizona, and I will never take that for granted.<br><br>But there is a corrupt machine here that is hellbent on making sure I never hold office. <br><br>So, I won&#39;t put my family (and myself) through the torture of running again.<br><br>I will go to Washington,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L8VpQl1kfA\">https:\/\/t.co\/L8VpQl1kfA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1873056219029750049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gallego, who had served in the House for nearly a decade representing a Phoenix-based seat, secured his victory against Lake, garnering 50.1 percent of the vote compared to Lake\u2019s 47.7 percent, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4969256-ruben-gallego-defeats-kari-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling aggregate<\/a>&nbsp;from The Hill\/Decision Desk HQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake has\u00a0recently been in the spotlight\u00a0after Trump nominated her to lead Voice of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her Saturday post, Lake pledged to support Trump and help revamp the media outlet. Trump has said his vision is for Lake to \u201censure 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will go to Washington, D.C., return @VOANews to its glory days, and help\u00a0President Trump\u00a0Make America Great Again,\u201d Lake wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s done&#8230; Former Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she&#8217;s done with pursuing public office. \u201cWe 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. 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