“Honestly, it’s insulting for Kari Lake to say that these people behind me are doing it late when they work 14 to 18 hour days [a day]Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said at a news conference Thursday. Arizona’s close Senate and gubernatorial races had not yet been called as of Friday afternoon, with officials saying they expected to continue counting votes until “early next week” because of the influx of early ballots turned in on Election Day. elections. Lake — who has often disputed the results of the 2020 election — accused Arizona election officials of intentionally “dragging their feet” in reporting the results. The Republican nominee currently trails Democrat Katie Hobbs by less than 27,000 votes. “They’re delaying the results and trying to delay the inevitable,” Lake told Newsmax on Thursday. “We’re going to win this. I’m 100 percent sure of that.” Democratic AG upholds court ruling blocking Indiana’s ban on transgender athlete Border Patrol chief advised to resign or be fired: reports However, Gates hit out at Lake for suggesting the results were being delayed. “If [Lake’s] The team would pay attention before this election, they would hear us talk about this over and over again – that we weren’t going to get results on election night or even the next day, that it would take several days.” “Everybody needs to calm down a bit, tone down the rhetoric,” he added.
