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  People like Kari Lake (and Trump, and Rudy Giuliani) use the court system to lend a sense of legitimacy to their bizarre claims. They invent some wild fabrication about systemic fraud in the electoral system. Then they pound the table and canvass the airwaves with their lies. They they file lawsuits trying to turn their lies into fact. But at the end of the day these lies still have ABSOLUTELY ZERO SUBSTANCE WHATSOEVER. 
  It's an abuse of the legal process and the court system needs to crack down. But it won't because many of the judges were appointed by Trump, or they live in red state America where opinions are just as good as facts.
context: Should be paid out of her own pocket rather than her campaign. >
  
  She should face charges for trying to use state assets to reverse an election. >
  
  Treason used to have more severe consequences >
  
  Until it became a staple of the GQP. >
  
  As much as it pains me to say it, not throwing people out of helicopters is a part of what makes good people good people. What a fucking world we’ve made, hey?
  I wouldn’t mind if they were left to their own devices, e.g. if we stopped funding failed red state governance with blue state taxpayer dollars, which would have the same effect by a far more moral mechanism. >
  
  I've always liked the idea of withholding federal benefits from states whose senators vote against them. >
  
  As someone who grew up in Texas, if that ever happened Texas would go bankrupt after a natural disaster.   The chuckle twins of Canadian Ted and Cornyn love to grandstand about budget responsibility and always vote against aid for other states, but fuck me if ANYTHING remotely bad ever happens in Texas they beg like crackheads for federal aid and relief funds. >
  
  Well I think it is annoying to see them vote against things and then brag about the money they bring in from a bill they voted against.
  But if they had to lose the money by not supporting the bill we'd see more good faith votes (or ideally angry voters getting better candidates in). >
  
  Let's be 100% real. None of that would happen. You'd just have them spin it as "Democrats want you to starve and die. How disgusting and vile." and yeah, that'd be about it. Election would come and Ted Cruz would be back right where he was because y'all like to get fucked sideways down there by your power grid and everyone voted into power. >
  
  This headline, while accurate, is misleading. Hobbs and Maricopa County were seeking an additional $700k in reimbursement from Lake, which the judge did not grant. I'm assuming taxpayers will be covering that. Party of fiscal responsibility and all that. Still, Arizona's taxpayers are getting quite a deal when compared to the more than $200 million California's had to waste on the sad recall attempt of Gov. Newsom. >
  
  We've already paid $90 million or so on Ducey's container "wall." >
  
  You mean the one with the gaps because of the hilly terrain? >
  
  Correct the one that has already been cut through in multiple places and the border patrol hates because it reduces visibility around the border. >
  
  $90m for a blind spot >
  
  75 million for a publicity stunt towards the right. 15 million for grifting if we're being generous here in assuming they didn't pocket more of it. >
  
  She could sell worthless NFTs of herself as a fictional action figure. >
  
  Make sure to first steal the images from small clothing companies and then photoshop them to celebrate the achievements you never actually accomplished. >
  
  Her moon landing? >
  
  I was wondering who left their knock off Prada bag up there. Wait, this photo looks shopped. The shadows are wrong. >
  
  Flags are never that stiff. 
  ^(And neither is her husband.) >
  
  How many L’s can she take? >
  
  Hey, someone's gotta hold the world record. If she wants to continually embarrass herself on every possible level and become a joke for the history books, alright. >
  
  she's got a long way to go to catch up to Donald... >
  
  She will do like Trump always does, beg supporters to pay her costs, which like the dumb sheep they are will gladly throw their money down the drain on another lying clown >
  
  Wait till you find out about this guy named trump >
  
  He's the losingest loser who ever won. >
  
  He's talking about the election, not the popular vote. (In 2016.) The popular vote  roughly correlates with election results, but I think by now everyone is excruciatingly familiar with how it differs, too. >
  
  Good ol' gerrymandering >
  
  In a very indirect way, I guess.
  1) If you think of the states' borders as being arbitrary, sure, maybe the continent itself is gerrymandered. And it has a big effect on the election outcome.
  2) Gerrymandering the districts of a state's legislature can cause that state to enact strange laws, whose purpose seems to be to discourage voting. There's a certain major party, where if they get into a state's legislature, then members of that party are known for trying to limit polling place availability, they think government should use force against anyone caught rendering aid to voters as they wait in the now-longer lines, and they might try to limit or reduce early or absentee voting. And gerrymandering helps to let those legislative failures happen. >
  
  First comes repayment to the defendants for lawyer fees.  That sets a minimum penalty for these ridiculous republican led cases.  Perhaps in the future damages can also be applied in these cases.  It's about the only way to get the droolers to pay attention. >
  
  All due respect, did you read the articles. She doesn’t have to pay the defendants fees. She has to pay for a few expert witnesses and whatnot. 
  To be fair the title of the article is horrible and it buried the lead. >
  
  Yes. Journalism uses intentionally misspelled words as lingo to differentiate from usual uses of the word. So “lede” to refer to the introduction of the main story line. Usually it’s part of the first graf or two but there have been some publications that sometimes used a more narrative style of writing and would push the lede down in the story. >
  
  That’s peanuts to her. She should be forced to pay millions in punitive damages for a frivolous lawsuit. >
  
  The punitive damages for frivolous lawsuits really needs to be given more teeth.
  33k? Thats nothing to these people. She probably made x10 that in donations during her clownshow of a lawsuit. >
  
  it's pronounced lolsuit. >
  
  Add at least 2 zeros to prevent future frivolous lawsuits. >
  
  Terrible headline. She won her appeal to avoid paying 700k against her defense for a frivolous case, and the 33k is just to pay for experts she called to testify on her behalf. This is a loss for justice, not a victory. >
  
  Lol
  Try again Kari maybe this time it'll work >
  
  She won’t pay, like her orange lord >
  
  
  The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.
  “There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction,” 
  
  Karen announced prior to the election that she would not accept and would challenge any other outcome than a win.  On what planet is that sincerity? >
  
  Gonna put a dent in her makeup budget >
  
  Not enough zeros in that number. Also, she should pay, not her campaign. >
  
  Every person working on collecting and counting votes should get to slap Kari Lake one time. She wasn't just questioning the system, she was questioning the integrity of every person involved in the system. >
  
  Not enough because she should have been sanctioned. Every yahoo muppet who continues to file legal challenges on the soggy muck of "election fraud" should face maximum penalties at all times when proven they don't have a leg of proof to stand on. Trump has made it the default reason for a Trumpublican to sue if they lose. If the Arizona Republican party had the balls to censure poor Cindy McCain for stating her heartened belief, then they should crucify Lake for literally filing a lawsuit to steal an election herself if they want to right the sinking ship of the party.
  I doubt it, however. The next two years will likely show they won't make law, but will instead spend time making accusations out of spite. >
  
  She looks like George Santos. Except Santos wears more makeup and more lip gloss. >
  
  Judge helped Kari Lake dodge a $700,000 bill.
  When does accountability really happen? >
  
  Not nearly enough.  Her bullshit is leading to people getting death threats from her smoothbrained followers. >
  
  Such a stupid stupid woman. Here during the primaries she was in the lead and still calling the elections rigged. SO glad this human turd lost. >
  
  That’s it?!? Crime does indeed pay. >
  
  “Can I pay in Trump NFTs?” >
  
  Let me remind everyone that Kari Lake's qualifications is repeating words directly off of a teleprompter.
  Kari Lake has no actual skills. Her career involves looking good and repeating what she's told. She's nothing but a TV figure.
  It's absurd that she even ran and came this close. >
  
  Do we need a reminder about a similar skillset individual that was elected to the presidency of the US? >
  
  Absolutely. It's absurd that Trump ran and won!
  We need to stop electing TV figures! >
  
  Good. There needs to be actual, real time consequences to the bullshit these vile beings pull >
  
  Hopefully Lake and Oz never have shows again. If they want to grift on right wing podcasts then I dont care but keep them off TV. >
  
  So she not only lost the election, but $33,000 as well. Scientists need to compare her DNA to Trump's to see if they can identify an actual "loser gene" for the first time. >
  
  That thumbnail should be in a dictionary under the definition for narcissist >
  
  Watching republicans continue to spiral into anti-intellectualism is really something to watch. >
  
  Do you think people will stop challenging election results like she’s doing when they see that it doesn’t work? >
  
  I just got banned from /r/karilake, otherwise I would tell them this important news! (But they don't seem to like 'facts' on that sub.) >
  
  Love to watch sociopathic narcissists get their comeuppance
  Its the little things like this that bring balance back to this unjust world. >
  
  Good. There needs to be penalties. >
  
  Guess we can expect some Kari Lake NFTS soon >
  
  GOP: Can't win at the ballot box? Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge! What have you got to lose? >
  
  “The judge said he did not question Lake’s sincerity.”
  The judge, even though he didn’t find in favor of Lake, was an idiot. Also, he said that Lake wouldn’t have to pay the other side’s $700k legal fees. She got off with a light tap on the wrist. >
  
  I get the feeling she was promised a slam dunk win with the trump backing, stamp of approval and possible trump vp. And she was so delusional. These election results deniers are insane. SMH. >
  
  Didn’t rise to the standard of malicious or frivolous suit? Are you freaking kidding me? What would that look like if not this? >
  
  Glad she won’t be able to ruin AZ though >
  
  Its a shame. Her argument is in bad faith and she should be required to pay attorneys fees. >
  
  Always a good day when politicians lose money over dumb shit >
  
  Kari Failure Lake >
  
  Does nobody remember 25 years ago when this narcissist screamed at the bouncer of the bar Dos Gringos in Tempe, "Don't you know who I am?" Repeatedly with much additional vulgarity. Because she didn't bring ID.
  She was a new broadcaster and was forced to make a televised apology. Still the same entitled narcissist. >
  
  She publicly lusts over another man’s penis that isn’t her husbands, and goes on television to gloat about it and expects no back lash. This cretin actually did that.  This is the stupidity of American politics 2022. >
  
  I hadn't heard about that. Details please. >
  
  Her and that Santos guy in New York look and act like twins. >
  
  A true patriot - tried her hardest to steal an election. >
  
  Scari Kari and Abe ( I can't take losing Hamadeh ) need to go away ...you lost ..that's it..in a Democracy
  Any lawyer that continues to follow the yellow brick road you have laid out... should be sanctioned for following the big lie and posing a threat to our Democracy >
  
  Wow. Such harsh consequences. >
  
  A drop in the bucket... >
  
  Ordered to pay $33K but how much did it end up costing the state (I'm guessing faaaar more than 33K) >
  
  Read the article you’re commenting on and then you will have the answer. >
  
  Got my answer already, thanks.  
  And yes, I did read the article when I finally got the chance. >
  
  Most people would edit their comment or delete it entirely to reflect that, but you do you I guess. >
  
  Most people definitely do not edit their comment or delete, unless they're getting a lot of downvotes. In fact most people will just leave the conversation and pretend it doesn't exist anymore. >
  
  But not to pay the taxpayer's attorney fees? Sweet /s >
  
  Her shameless co-opting of the Rosie the Riveter ad is nauseating. >
  
  An expense that was well worth it to her campaign to spread misinformation, get attention, and delegitimize both elections and the judicial system. >
  
  She got out of paying 700,00k in legal fees of those she sued, including the Governor elect and Maricopa county. So looks like taxpayers get left with the bill. >
  
  Oh come on, did they have to choose “33” thousand. That pesky number is going give the maga conspiracy heads way way way to much ammo 🙄 >
  
  Needed to be more.  
  $33k is just laugh it off money.  These fines need to be much higher so the person learns a lesson.  Alex Jones’ fines are well above a billion, and he’s out there still acting like an ass. >
  
  Just pull a Donald Trump and don’t pay it. Apparently you can do that. >
  
  Good, this should happen to everyone who files frivolous suits like this. >
  
  What a raging loser this dumpster fire of a person is. >
  
  Take that, fascist! >
  
  Hahahah! Pay up and get fucked, twat. >
  
  Thanks for creating a cesspool of talent for us to choose from Republicans. >
  
  Seems pretty low to me >
  
  So she made her own Rosie the Riveter shirt. Isn’t this a copyright infringement? >
  
  Best Christmas present ever.