NEW: KariLake hammers katiehobbs for recusal refusal, says it creates 'problems' in close Arizona governor race
Gubernatorial Republican candidate for Arizona Kari Lake says the refusal by her Democratic opponent, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, to recuse herself has generated"problems" as their close contest has yet to be called days after Election Day.
"Obviously, just the optics of it looks bad. And she didn't do that," Lake told Maria Bartiromo on the latter's Fox News show, Sunday Morning Futures."Even though many people been calling for her to recuse herself. It creates problems, to say the least."Two days before Election Day, Hobbs said she would not recuse, noting elected secretaries of state have overseen and certified elections where they are on the ballot"since statehood.
— Kari Lake November 13, 2022 "This has never been an issue until now," Hobbs said."I'm not going to recuse myself from the job that the voters elected me to do, and for which I took an oath of office, to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and the constitution and laws of the state of Arizona."
Lake said many of the remaining ballots are from"heavy, very heavy Republican areas," which appears to be backed up by one prominent local data analyst.
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