Yuma, AZ – On Wednesday, Republican U.S. Senate Nominee Kari Lake held a press conference in the Yuma Sector of Arizona’s border. Lake discussed the importance of securing our border and finishing the wall, and the impact of the disastrous – and even treasonous – open borders policies of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego. Notably, Lake exposed Kamala and Ruben’s border app that facilitates illegal immigrants coming to America (WATCH: HERE).
WATCH PRESS CONFERENCE: HERE
ICYMI: On Wednesday, Kari Lake published a NEW OP-ED titled “Why We Should Build Trump’s Border Wall (ASAP)” (READ: HERE)
MEDIA ROUNDUP:
KAWC: Kari Lake, at the border near Yuma, says she’ll ‘secure the border and end illegal immigration’
Key Excerpts:
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is traveling around Arizona on a campaign bus for what her campaign is calling the “Vote Early Tour.” Lake was in Yuma County on Tuesday and Wednesday with just under two weeks until Election Day.
- Lake told reporters her opponent, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, and other Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris, were to blame for the “open border.” She said she will “secure the border and end illegal immigration.”
12 NEWS: Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego continue to campaign across Arizona in tight Senate race
Key Quotes:
- ANCHOR: Lake was down in Yuma, hosted a news conference right there at the border. And she was asked about how she wants people to vote on prop 314, now that’s a proposition that would compel state law enforcement, Arizona law enforcement, to arrest people seen coming across the border illegally.
- LAKE: I want to see border security. I know that in January 2025 border security is coming. Come hell or high water, When president Trump gets into office, no matter what we vote on, no matter what we do, we are going to have border security. And I know the people of this country are ready. So I’ve been really trying to stay out of telling people how to vote. I think that the people of this country and this state are smart enough to vote, to read the propositions and vote the right way.
- ANCHOR: Lake went on to call for the completion of a border wall and a return to the remain in Mexico policy for immigrants who wanna come across.
KSWT: U.S. Senate Candidate Kari Lake Visits Border
Key Quotes:
- ANCHOR: Border security is a major topic this election season. Today, U.S. Senate Republican Candidate Kari Lake visited the Yuma border to talk about how she will address the issue.
- REPORTER: Kari Lake said she’s concentrating on stopping migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and putting an end to drug trafficking.
- REPORTER: Lake says she is also planning on deporting all the migrants who crossed the border illegally in the last 3 and a half years.
- KARI LAKE: We’re sending them back to their loved ones, back to their homeland so that we can save our homeland. And then we’re going to work on getting the criminal gangs out and sending them back to their country as well.
- REPORTER: Lake says she’s planning on hitting the ground running if she’s elected this November.
- KARI LAKE: I’m going to start working on a serious water plan, so that we’re not just fighting over drops of water in the Colorado River.
- KARI LAKE: We want to get back to teaching our kids the ABCs and the 123s and some skills training so that when they get out of high school, they’re ready to take on the jobs that we have.
NBC NEWS 11: U.S. Senate Candidate Kari Lake Visits Border
Key Quotes:
- ANCHOR: Lake said she’s concentrating on stopping migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and putting an end to drug trafficking. Lake says she also plans on deporting all of the migrants who crossed the border illegally in the last three and a half years.
- ANCHOR: Lake said she’s also planning on creating a water plan and better preparing Arizona students for post-High School jobs, if she’s elected this November.
AZ Family: Kari Lake Border Campaign Stop
Key Quotes:
- REPORTER: Kari Lake came to visit, saying she would finish the border wall if elected. It’s a promise Lake’s been making since her gubernatorial run in 2022. Now running for Arizona’s open Senate seat, Lake says she will address what she calls the crisis at our southern border. She criticized the Biden-Harris Administration’s CBP One App.
- REPORTER: Lake says if elected she would fight to bring back the 2018 Remain In Mexico border policy, forcing immigrants to stay in Mexico until they’re granted an asylum hearing in court.
- KARI LAKE: We have a better way and we’ve gotta get back to the policies that President Trump had that were working, that were keeping us safe. We’ve seen an incredible surge in people coming here illegally and it’s not stopping.
