{"id":89,"date":"2025-12-31T00:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flashpointupdates.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2025-12-31T00:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:21:43","slug":"dem-erupts-after-kari-lake-mentions-gay-lover-allegations-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashpointupdates.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Dem Erupts After Kari Lake Mentions \u2018Gay Lover\u2019 Allegations Against Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kari Lake left a Democratic congressman visibly frustrated after referencing a debunked claim about a House member having a gay lover during a heated exchange on the House floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tense moment unfolded as Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) questioned Lake, who currently serves as President Donald Trump\u2019s senior adviser at the Agency for Global Media. The back-and-forth grew increasingly personal, with Stanton pressing Lake on her refusal to concede two past state election defeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After asking if she could \u201cyield back the last five minutes of my life,\u201d Lake warned that a government-funded media organization like Voice of America, which she oversees, \u201ccould literally put out a lie about anybody here, and I know you\u2019ve been the victim of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan I respond to some of that because that was complete insanity? I wish I could yield back the last five minutes of my life, actually,\u201d Lake begain. \u201cAnd I want to apologize to the people of Arizona that we have somebody who\u2019s representing the folks in our great parts of the valley that doesn\u2019t care about the integrity of our elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBut you weren\u2019t here \u2014 you came in late \u2014 and we were talking about USA JAM today, the agency for global media, and how they could put out absolute, abject lies and we can\u2019t control \u2014 we have no say over what the editorial content is,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I would hope that you would not be OK with that. They could literally put out a lie about anybody here. And I know you\u2019ve been the victim of that. I know you\u2019ve been the victim. I remember the stories about you where they said you had a gay lover. And those were going to\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That led Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.), to loudly object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan I finish the story?\u201d Lake asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope you honor what you just gave as a caution to everyone and I move those words be\u2026\u201d Keating demanded as Lake continued to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo tell you that those kind of lies. And you said those were lies. Those kind of lies could be broadcast today on VOA,\u201d Lake said. \u201cAnd you couldn\u2019t pick up the phone, Rep. Stanton, and call them and say, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re putting out lies about me.\u2019 You would not be able to do that because they would sue you for breaking the firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo lies are being told on Voice of America. It\u2019s inappropriate. You\u2019ve been subjected to lies that you said were lies about you in the media before. And how would you like it if those lies were put on Voice of America right now? Beacuse they could do it and you couldn\u2019t do a thing about it,\u201d she said. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t stop it. You couldn\u2019t stop all those lies that you said were said about you if they went on Voice of America today. You\u2019d have to sit and take it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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