The Arizona Clean Elections Commission (CEC) ripped Arizona PBS after it was forced to postpone a question and answer session with GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. The move came after PBS gave Democrat gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs a glowing one-on-one interview instead. The group branded the move by PBS “disappointing.” Now, Hobbs is getting heat not only from the CEC, but also Lake. 

The CEC released the following statement: 

This decision is disappointing, especially following the multiple attempts on behalf of all the partners involved in producing this year’s General Election debates, to organize a traditional gubernatorial debate between the two candidates. 

As a matter of state law and under the direction of its commissioners, Clean Elections proceeded with its obligation to arrange a Q & A interview for candidates who agreed to debate but whose opponent elected not to participate, which is how the Q & A with candidate Kari Lake scheduled for tonight on Arizona PBS came to fruition. 

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Given today’s events, and the need to obtain additional information regarding the last-minute developments, the Commission will postpone tonight’s Q & A on Arizona PBS and will identify a new venue, partner, and date when the interview will be broadcast. 

According to Breitbart News:

The CEC added that PBS “broke from [their] shared practice.” 

After the news came out, Lake held a last-minute press conference outside of Arizona PBS at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where she ripped Hobbs, the university, and PBS. 

“Unfortunately, I’m running against a coward who’s afraid to stand on the debate stage and talk about what she wants to do for Arizona,” said Lake. “And unfortunately, PBS and ASU have done a backroom deal with that coward to give her airtime that she does not deserve.”

“I need to remind people that it is we, the taxpayers, who own PBS and who own ASU. This is not the DNC that owns this, and what’s going on here is absolutely wrong,” she added.

Lake added, “I do know that she’s a coward and she’s afraid that her racist past is going to come out and she doesn’t have a response to it.”

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