Battleground Senate candidate unloads on 'radical' Dem opponent for disparaging Trump voters

PHOENIX, AZ - Arizona GOP Senate campaigner Kari Lake is blasting her Democratic hostile Rep. Ruben Gallego and labeling him arsenic "radical arsenic they come" aft a resurfaced interrogation of him disparaging Trump voters. 

"Isn’t that terrible?" Lake said successful effect to Fox News Digital reporting of a remark made by Gallego successful 2016 wherever helium said that Trump voters were "dumb" and the "worst radical successful the world."

"He's been lying astir who helium is," Lake added. "He's trying to overgarment himself arsenic a moderate, which is it's laughable if it wasn't truthful dangerous."

Lake told Fox News Digital that Gallego "bullied" mean Sen. Kyrsten Sinema retired of the contention "because she wasn't wide enough."

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Kari Lake (Right) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (Left) are battling successful the Arizona Senate race (Getty Images)

"Now helium is doing each these ads trying to accidental he's a mean when, successful fact, he's voted to walk our national dollars, our taxation dollars, our money, supporting sanctuary cities and states. He's voted against securing our borderline each measurement of the way. He's for an unfastened borderline America. He's voted to defund the police. He really co-sponsored the George Floyd legislation, which would person defunded the constabulary nationwide."

Lake went connected to archer Fox News Digital that Gallego has "never batted an eyelash" erstwhile it comes to spending bills and has not been beardown capable defending women's sports.

"He wants biologic men to enactment successful women's athletics.," Lake said. "That means it's an extremity for girls sports. Anybody retired determination who played sports? I did for a small bit. It's an end. I mean, if you person to vie with biologic men, what's the intent of having girls sports?"

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 Rep. Ruben Gallego (Getty Images)

Lake added, "It's perfectly brainsick and he's arsenic extremist arsenic they come."

Gallego and Lake volition some beryllium attempting to sway autarkic voters, particularly successful Maricopa County, the largest region successful the state, wherever independents marque up a 3rd of the electorate. Lake told Fox News Digital she is optimistic she tin triumph votes from Arizonans who aren't Republicans.

"I bash judge that independents are with me, I deliberation we're doing beauteous well, our polling is showing that we're gathering connected the autarkic vote," Lake said. "And I deliberation a batch of Democrats, portion helium [Gallego] hates Trump voters and helium hates Republicans. I don't hatred Democrats. I really judge that disaffected Democrats are going to assistance america crook the corner."

"They're realizing, looking astatine Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego, and they're saying, hold a minute, this isn't the Democrat Party that I signed up for years ago, the aged Democrat Party utilized to attraction astir the moving class. The aged Democrat Party wanted a beardown system for everybody. This Democrat Party is simply a clump of globalists, and they are for, they privation to walk much wealth helping radical coming present illegally than they bash radical who are American citizens."

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US Senate campaigner Kari Lake speaks during a run rally of erstwhile US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump astatine the Desert Diamond Arena successful Glendale, Arizona, August 23, 2024. (Photo by Olivier TOURON / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

While the Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Gallego starring Lake by astir 7 points, Lake told Fox News Digital she is assured the contention is overmuch person and says her interior polling shows that she is wrong the borderline of error.

"We person to spell into it acting similar we're 10 down, but we're not 10 down," Lake said. "This is simply a precise choky race. I'm arrogant of that, considering, arsenic I said, helium spent 75 million. He's been outspending america massively and the information that this is specified a choky contention is incredible. Chuck Schumer is successful a panic astir Arizona. He's dumping 5 cardinal bucks a week into Arizona."

Lake told Fox News Digital that Democrats are successful a "tailspin" successful Arizona due to the fact that their efforts to marque the predetermination astir termination person not been fruitful due to the fact that astir voters are focused connected different issues similar the economy.

Lake besides criticized Gallego implicit his grounds earlier helium entered politics, including his engagement with a slope that worked with amerciable immigrants, a harassment assertion against him by a 20-year-old intern portion helium worked astatine metropolis hall, and his clip moving for an ambulance institution that was being investigated for fraud.

"The radical of Arizona cognize maine and they spot maine and I emotion the radical of the state, Lake said. "I privation to correspond each of them, including radical who possibly don't adjacent ballot for me. If you take not to ballot for me, I anticipation I tin gain your vote, but I inactive privation to correspond you and I privation to bash a large occupation for you successful Washington, D.C. We request decent, honorable radical backmost to D.C. and Ruben Gallego was not honorable earlier helium got into politics."

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Gallego run for remark but did not person a response.