![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/call-me-trump-in-a-dress-rising-star-of-republican-right-woos-voters-in-key-state/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000313391259_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg&description=Ms Lake was quick to hit back, claiming she could command larger crowds than the former president. Like her idol Mr Trump, the Republican candidate revels in bare-knuckle opponent-baiting and is able to command a similar level of adoration at her rallies. Some see Ms Lake as an even more potent campaigner than him because her good looks and polished delivery are a more palatable offering to voters not enamoured with Mr Trump. Ms Lake has leant into the comparisons, often saying: "You can call me Trump in a dress any day". But unlike the firebrand former president, she is adept at altering her style and tone to appeal to a broader base. At press conferences, she eviscerates journalists with attacks on their organisations to the delight of the crowd. But at small gatherings she offers a softer approach, framing her responses through her lens as a mother and Christian. Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist whose group is spending millions opposing Ms Lake and Mr Finchem, has described this potent mix as an ability to 'talk normal to the normies and crazy to the crazies.' A poor Catholic background The youngest of nine children, Ms Lake was raised in a poor Catholic home in rural Iowa by her teacher father and nurse mother. She has made much of her biography and faith on the campaign trail, describing how she paid for her degree in communications by working as a janitor waxing floors. She began her TV career as a weather forecaster before gaining a presenting role in Phoenix. She says she left her local Fox station because she came to see the media as "immoral". Some of her former colleagues have expressed scepticism at Ms Lake's transformation, highlighting her previous support for Mr Obama and a dalliance with Buddhism. "I don't know if she really, really believes that Trump won the election," says Steve Krafft, who worked alongside Ms Lake at Fox 10. "Or if it's just an avenue to become the governor. It's a mystery to me." For the deep-red Republican audience, Ms L){kind=link}
Kari Lake has gone from local news anchor to scourge of the mainstream media as she campaigns for crucial position as Arizona governor
Hours after she was crowned the Republican candidate in Arizona’s governor’s race, Kari Lake stormed on to stage wielding a sledgehammer.
Lifting it high above her head, she vowed to take it to the state’s electronic voting machines, which she blames for Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election.
The prop makes a regular appearance in Ms Lake’s campaigning, as she attacks Covid-19 restrictions, weak border policies, “sketchy elections” and the media.
“I’m taking a sledgehammer to all of it,” Ms Lake vows in slick adverts showing her smashing a TV screen playing CNN.It is the sort of stunt, combined with her telegenic looks and on-stage magnetism, that has propelled Ms Lake into the national spotlight as a leader for the next generation of Trumpism.