Kari Lake gets eaten alive for 'completely insane lies' about Ron DeSantis

Zoologists, particularly those who specialize in ethology (the study of animal behavior), will tell you that in the natural world, when it is a matter of life and death, animals will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it means eating their own.

This is also true in politics.

Republicans hoping to get the presidential nomination and their starving sycophants are actively engaged in political cannibalism.

It happened recently, when Kari Lake, failed Arizona governor candidate and wannabe proxy for Donald Trump, was eaten alive by an official with Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’s presidential campaign for, as it was described, “telling completely insane lies” about DeSantis’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DeSantis' staff says Lake told 'a flat-out lie'

During a podcast interview, Lake said in part that DeSantis “did force vaccines. He did force face masks on our kids.”

She said, “DeSantis took a page out of (California Governor) Gavin Newsom’s playbook,” adding, “He tries to act like he was perfect … He forced vaccines on people and workers. He forced face masks on children, and he was for all that.”

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It wasn’t long before Lake was getting chewed out and chewed on by DeSantis supporters and even some of her own faithful.

The press secretary for DeSantis’ presidential campaign, Bryan Griffin, wrote online, “This is a flat-out lie from @KariLake and she should be ashamed to say it. When it was least popular, and often while standing alone, @RonDeSantis did the things she’s only now chirping about supporting.”

Seeing Lake eaten by DeSantis camp: De-lish

Rapid Response Director for DeSantis’ 2024 campaign Christina Pushaw kept gnawing on Lake even after Lake posted online an attempt to defuse the dustup that began, “We could spend decades blaming each other for the Covid response … I just don’t think that’s the most productive use of our time.”

Pushaw posted on X, formally Twitter, “As soon as she (Lake) started taking the heat for lying, she posted this telling us it’s time to move on from Covid. Yeah not happening.”

It’s weirdly fascinating to watch surrogates from one witless political campaign cannibalize a surrogate from another witless political campaign.

It’s the type of not-so-fine dining of which most rational men and women will never partake.

Although, from a safe distance, we still find it delicious.

Reach Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Kari Lake roasted for telling 'insane lies' about DeSantis, COVID-19