Sen. Mark Kelly: Kari Lake's rhetoric 'could result in people getting hurt or killed'

[SouthBayDem]

Source: NBC

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Friday blasted Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake for her recent violent rhetoric, telling NBC News' "Meet the Press," that Lake's comment could result in people "getting hurt or killed."

Kelly, a Democrat, was asked about comments, first reported by NBC, that Lake made last month at a campaign event, where she said, "They’re coming after us with lawfare, they’re going to come after us with everything. That’s why the next six months is going to be intense. And we need to strap on our — let’s see. What do we want to strap on?"

She added, “We’re going to strap on our, our seat belt. We’re going to put on our helmet or your Kari Lake ball cap. We are going to put on the armor of God. And maybe strap on a Glock on the side of us just in case.”

Kelly admonished Lake for her rhetoric, telling moderator Kristen Welker in an interview that aired Sunday, "when you’re a candidate for the United States Senate, you need to be careful with your words. We’ve seen this throughout history. So I hope people reject that. I think they should consider their language and try to do better going forward."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-mark-kelly-kari-lakes-rhetoric-result-people-getting-hurt-killed-rcna150765

[flying_wahini]

1. Of course they would freak the fuck out if our side was doing this.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The GOP goal is to get people hurt or killed.

That is part of their plan.
Create chaos, division, violence, fear.

[The Grand Illuminist]

14. Their end game...

The entire extermination to total extinction of all the left wing.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Yes.

[0rganism]

16. "Scared enough not to vote" works well in these conditions, too

Good to see some people in government are looking at the situation and seeing the threat, I hope something can be done.

The Republicans don't oppose vote-by-mail for no reason, and it's not because they love to see Democrats at the polls.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Like in Russia, the only safe vote is one for Putin.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Especially callous, oblivious at best of Lake to make these remarks

considering what happened to Kelly's wife, Gabby Gifford, when she was meeting her constituents.

[usonian]

4. Write this on a Post-It note so you won't forget.

Cruelty is the END, not just the means.

See some of my posts on cult behavior.

Hopefully, the fascination that people outside the really sick and deluded inner core of the cult had with the unbridled violence has peaked and will subside.

I think that "ordinary" people might like to shoot up some tin cans, or go down to the waste recycling plant to "shoot the shit" but might have lost the fascination with shooting everything in sight (including pets).

[Iggo]

5. Kari Lake is still a thing?

She’s lower than Kristi Noem.

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Unfortunately, Kari Lake is indeed still a thing

A very scary, dangerous thing.

[Elessar Zappa]

13. Yeah, she's running for Senator against Ruben Gallego.

I’d like to think she doesn’t have a chance but you never know.

[Arne]

7. Her strap on, strap on, strap on.

How um, awkward?

[dchill]

9. Kari Lake is nothing but a freakishly bad loser.

She studied under the best.

[Skittles]

10. she's a gun humping coward

she knows that kind of talk appeals to other gun humping cowards

[machoneman]

12. Maybe a strap-on humper too? Her partner (ewh!) should be careful of that strap-on as it might be Lake's gun!

[flashman13]

11. She did consider her language. She meant what she said. Scary!