Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey bashed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election but would not say if he would support former President Donald Trump in 2024 in a television appearance Sunday.
Ducey, who is term-limited and has endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson in the Republican primary for governor, sidestepped questions about whether the Republican Governors Association, of which Ducey is co-chairman, would support Lake in a general election when speaking to Dana Bash on CNN‘s State of the Union.
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“Well, Kari Lake is misleading voters with no evidence. She’s been tagged by her opponents with a nickname, Fake Lake, which seems to be sticking and actually doing some damage,” Ducey said.
When directly asked about whether the Republican Governors Association would support Lake, should she win the nomination, or Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, who also has alleged widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, Ducey did not provide an answer.
“Nov. 8 is a long way off. So we will be looking at this map. We will be looking at the resources we have. And we don’t know what September and October are going to hold,” Ducey said. “We don’t know who the next Charlie Baker in Massachusetts, Larry Hogan in Maryland, or Glenn Youngkin in Virginia is going to be.”
When Ducey was asked about whether he would support Trump in 2024 if he runs, Ducey said there would be “options” for 2024.
“I think we will have options in the 2024 primary race. I am hopeful we will have options,” Ducey said. “And I want somebody who can win that general election, because I believe, with success in 2022, the general election is the Republican Party’s for the taking.”
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Ducey also promoted a bill he recently signed that promotes school choice by giving students more than $6,000 annually for school-related expenses, including private school tuition.
“Public education is about educating our public. And I believe in equal opportunity for all of our students and all of our families,” Ducey said. “I really think this is the way to renew American K-12 education, to renew America, to have an education where you’re learning something of value, of math, reading, science, American civics, character formation. Arizona leads on this already as the No. 1 state for school choice.”
