Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who attacked drag queens as dangerous to children, attended the shows of one for more than 20 years and once hired him to perform at her home, according to Richard Stevens, the drag queen.
Stevens, who said he has performed across the country for 25 years as Barbra Seville, accused the Trump-endorsed Lake of being a “complete hypocrite."
“I’ve performed for Kari’s birthday, I’ve performed in her home (with children present,) and I’ve performed for her at some of the seediest bars in Phoenix,” Stevens wrote on Facebook.
Drag queens have become a lightning rod on the right amid false claims they are grooming children, using a sinister label some Republicans are applying to virtually any discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity ahead of November’s midterms. Authorities say members of the Proud Boys disrupted a children’s story hour with drag queens at a California library earlier this month, prompting a hate crime investigation. Following other conservative state lawmakers, Republican leaders in the Arizona state Senate announced last week they would seek to bar minors from drag shows in the state.
Lake, who is leading recent GOP primary polls, tweeted Friday, “They kicked God out of schools and welcomed the Drag Queens. They took down our Flag and replaced it with a rainbow." In later posts, she accused drag queens of “grooming” children.
In response, Stevens posted several photos of Lake posing with him in full...
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