Kari Lake, a candidate for governor in Arizona, failed in her bid during the November election. But Lake, like too many others lately, won’t accept the results of the election — mainly because she lost.
Lake filed a lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by somebody doing something. She offered no evidence other than her opinion that something had cost her the election and allegations already disproven in other jurisdictions. Actually, the voters made that decision, but Lake can’t sue all of them.
An Arizona judge has thrown out Lake’s lawsuit. Like the 70 or so lawsuits filed by former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election, the judge could find no substantiated evidence of anything going wrong during the election. Not a single lawsuit in any state proved election results to be compromised.
Lake has appealed that decision, and she likely will lose again.
The lawsuits filed by the losers who can’t accept defeat do more than clog the courts with nonsense. The steady chorus of “cheat, cheat, cheat” by those desperate to cling to the spotlight can influence some people and erode their confidence in America’s election process. Over time, that loss of confidence could lead to the demise of our republic.
It’s a lot like the old fable of the shepherd boy who falsely cried “Wolf!” over and over. When a wolf actually did attack his flock, no one came to help because they no longer believed him.
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