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Friday, May 15, 2026

Neo-Nazi and racial discrimination claims in AZ governor's race are Mostly False - PolitiFact

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  • An ad from Aaron Lieberman, a Democrat running for Arizona governor, hits the two frontrunners, Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs, for ties to neo-Nazis and racial discrimination, respectively.

  • Lake posed for a photo and video at one of her campaign rallies with one man, Greyson Arnold, who is identified in news reports as a Nazi sympathizer. We found nothing else that tied Lake to neo-Nazis.

  • Hobbs participated in the decision to fire an Arizona Senate employee who successfully sued the Arizona Senate for racial discrimination. Hobbs herself was not sued.

In the race for governor in Arizona, one candidate went icepick-sharp with an attack that cut competitors on both the right and left.

The TV ad from former state representative Aaron Lieberman, a Democrat, hit the two frontrunners, Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs.

"Right now, Arizona’s politics are a dumpster fire," Lieberman said into the camera, as flames rose from a trash container behind him.

"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis. And she’s beating Katie Hobbs, who two federal juries have found guilty of racial discrimination."

The ad ends with Lieberman appearing to spray the dumpster with a fire extinguisher.

There is only an element of truth in both parts of Lieberman’s attack.

Lake posed once with reported Nazi sympathizer

We did not find evidence that Lake, a former anchor for Fox 10 News in Phoenix who is endorsed by former President...



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