I always thought that Bret Baier was secretly a CNN plant and after watching his interview with Arizona’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, I’m pretty sure I’m on to something there. The Fox News host spent the majority of the episode defending Democrats and mocking Lake.
He then brought up allegations against Lake that she secretly supports the trans movement—Which, who cares? Lake’s stance isn’t against trans people, just the indoctrination of children but I don’t think Baier understands that.
Lake is currently involved in a defamation case against dragqueen Richard Stevens who attempted to claim that Lake was his fan just because she covered him during her time as a reporter. Baier jumped at the opportunity to present those allegations as fact.
“I’m really shocked. I’m actually appalled that Fox News would take a defamatory story like that — and we are pursuing legal action against this drag queen — I’m appalled that you would bring that up when you have not talked about our stolen election. You failed to talk about that,” Lake said.
“We just spent three questions, Ms. Lake, talking about this,” Baier said. “I’ve asked you a number of questions about it. I played the Arizona House Speaker. Let’s address this story that’s in the Washington Post, every candidate takes tough stories.”
“I’m happy to address it, but I’m really disappointed in Fox. I thought you were a little better than CNN,” she said.
Baier then asked about photographs allegedly showing her standing with Stevens and read reports published by the Washington Post that Stevens performed for her in several places throughout the last 20 years. Lake denied it all the reports.
“I don’t want to ask these questions. I asked you to address them,” Baier said.
“Actually, I think you do want to ask them but you don’t want to ask about 2,000 mules,” Lake said. “I think you do want to ask about this. This is absolutely ludicrous. I’m talking about drag shows in schools. This is what triggered this man. Somebody who goes to a drag show with female impersonators is one thing. We don’t want our tax money going into drag shows at school.”
“I’m really appalled that you would spend time on a false story like that,” she continued. “It’s shocking.”
“Well, I think it’s important to have candidates address things that are coming up that might affect the race,” Baier argued. “And I thought you would appreciate that.”
Lake claimed that Baier did not ask her opponent tough questions, namely about immigration or college tuition.
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You can watch the entire interview <here. If you do, come back and let me know what you think of Baier’s treatment of Lake.