Kari Lake is a fringe climate change denier whose failed 2022 campaign was backed by Arizona’s utility companies and the oil and gas industry.
Lake has positioned herself as a mouthpiece for the climate denial and misinformation of the extreme MAGA right wing by saying such things as “don’t tell me that we’re in some sort of a weird heating trend, I don’t believe that for a minute” and “I’m not going to be afraid of the weather.” and parroting Donald Trump’s misinformation about windmills and birds.
While Arizona was facing record heat last year, Kari Lake dismissed concerns about heat deaths as “mass hysteria.” Likewise, she continues to deny the reality of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, and her own loss in 2022. If elected, Kari Lake has made it clear that she wants to “go back” to doubling down on dirty fossil fuel infrastructure.
