From the moment voters in Maricopa County, Arizona encountered trouble voting in the 2022 midterm elections, Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake claimed fraud. The former newscaster is getting her day in court. While a Maricopa County judge dismissed eight parts of Lake’s lawsuit, he allowed two counts to go forward. In the two remaining counts, Lake alleges that an election worker interfered with ballot printers and that Maricopa County violated its own ballot chain of custody rules. As a result of this malfeasance, Lake says Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won the election.

One should not be surprised by Lake’s election denialism. During the campaign, Lake refused to say if she’d accept the outcome if results showed her losing. “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,’ Lake said. Right now, Kari Lake insists she won the gubernatorial election. “My Pronouns are I/Won,” Lake told a crowd at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. Like Trump after the 2020 election, Kari Lake just won’t concede.