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Former Phoenix-area newscaster and 2022 Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has released a new song that calls into question President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
Titled “81 Million Votes My A**,” the title suggests that she is not at all convinced that Biden managed to get that much support, especially after minimal campaign appearances, which he blamed on the still-present COVID pandemic.
“The Spotify song credits list the Truth Bombers as performers and Jeffrey Steele as one of the writers,” Slay News reported. “Steele previously wrote hits for country music stars Rascal Flatts and Tim McGraw.”
According to Forbes, some of those involved in the production were also part of the team that created the tune “Justice for All,” which “is an anthem performed by Jan. 6 political prisoners,” the outlet reported further.
Lake has been promoting the song via her social media accounts. The title was likely taken from a statement she made at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in March, the outlet reported.
81 Million Votes My Ass!https://t.co/BYh6cfYYCA
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) June 3, 2023
Among the lyrics, “I can’t afford the groceries, I can’t afford your gas, it’s Biden inflation nation” and “you failed to build back better, you p***** off the middle class.”
The song also has speeches and remarks from Lake interspersed throughout, including, “If you would have told me two years ago, three years ago, that I would be in the middle of a political movement I’d have said ‘put down Hunter’s crackpipe.’”
Former President Donald Trump also appears in the song as he recites the Pledge of Allegiance.
Forbes said music executive LJ Fino and Ed Henry, who owns the Mailman Media company, were both involved in producing the song.
During an appearance last week with the Real America’s Voice Network, Lake said of her involvement with the song, “I want to send a message to the technocrats, to the tyrants, that we’re on to what they’re pushing. We’re on to this B.S. system.”
Last week, Lake got some good news from a state judge in regard to her 2022 election lawsuits.
Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson denied a request to sanction Lake over her lawsuits following her loss to now-Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who, along with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, also a Democrat, had filed a motion seeking them.
Thompson ruled on Monday after a three-day trial that Lake’s legal team failed to provide adequate evidence to support their claim that Maricopa County did not adhere to Arizona law during the signature review process for mail-in ballots in the general election.
In his ruling, Thompson noted that Lake’s legal team found 274,000 signatures during the trial that were compared in under two seconds and 70,000 signatures that were reviewed in under one second.
But he also noted that there is no set time limit to review signatures in Arizona law, leaving Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer to determine what was and was not appropriate review time.
In a motion for sanctions, Maricopa County argued that Lake “brought frivolous arguments and frivolous claims before the Court. This conduct warrants meaningful sanctions,” attorney Thomas Liddy argued, pointing to Lake’s counsel stating during the trial that “this election was rigged.”
In his ruling, Thompson initially explained the standard for imposing sanctions under state law. He noted that a judge can sanction an attorney “who brings or defends a claim without substantial justification or primarily for delay or harassment.”
“The statute defines ‘without substantial justification’ as ‘groundless’ and ‘not made in good faith.’ A.R.S. § 12-349(F). A claim is ‘groundless’ if its proponent can present no rational argument based on the evidence or law to support it,” he wrote.
“Even if her argument did not prevail, Lake, through her witness, presented facts consistent with and in support of her legal argument,” he added.
