Did Kari Lake endorse secession?
By Ngan Nguyen
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Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has not explicitly endorsed secession, although certain comments she's made has left her stance ambiguous.
Lake is a proponent of states' rights and has pointed to the 10th amendment (which limits the federal government's powers to those outlined in the constitution and reserves all other non-prohibited powers to the states and people) as a way of "stripping the Feds of power."
After the raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence, Lake issued a statement that included the bolded line, "We must fire the federal government," prompting speculation that she may support secession. As of Oct. 18, 2022, Lake has not publicly clarified her position.
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Constitution Annotated Tenth Amendment
Twitter - Kari Lake Statement on the raiding of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home
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