The only thing that’s surprising is that I wasn’t surprised when I read the news today, oh boy.
At the Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Arizona is on center stage as U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar and failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will share a stage with the leader of a far-right Austrian party founded by former Nazis.
For years Gosar’s been hanging with Oathkeepers and Bundy criminals, speaking at white supremacist conferences, and pushing antisemitic websites, so Viktor Orbán’s brand of racist authoritarianism—clamping down on dissent and protections for LGBTQ people—is right up his alley. No doubt Gosar’s taking notes, so he can learn how to deal with the troublesome media and political opponents back home, including his family, who keep reminding people that he’s a dangerous racist.
Gosar spoke Thursday but there’s no video or transcript of his screed, because Orbán controls media access to the event. Kari Failure Lake is speaking today, Friday, and we won’t know what she said, but I’d bet a dollar she’ll mention she’s really the legitimate governor of Arizona, and if you just send her $25 she’ll take back her rightful seat!
Lake promised an “exciting announcement” this week. Is she running for President, for Senate? What could it be? Turns out it was another fundraising scam. She could use the cash after the Arizona Supreme Court sanctioned her lawyer yesterday for filing lawsuits full of lies, speculation, and conspiracies. Perhaps CPAC Hungary will teach Lake how to nullify the bothersome judiciary, where Lake is batting .000. Gosar may also want help with the courts, since the recent sedition verdicts are coming awfully close to his Jan. 6 schemes.
While in Hungary, Lake and Gosar will learn from only the best people: Bannon will be there (why is this dirtbag not in jail?), along with Matt Whitaker, who was Trump’s AG for about 30 seconds. The pizzagate shithead Jack Posobiec gets a featured spot, as do a lot of European speakers splattered with antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, racism, Christian nationalism, and more conspiracy theories and weird culty shit than I knew existed.
Lake is probably traveling on donations that gullible rubes continue to send, or maybe cash from the Overstock boob Patrick Byrne and the Pillow jackass—both helped finance her early losing court battles. Gosar’s traveling on the public dime, so it’s just peachy to learn that one of the most virulent fascists in Congress is using taxpayer dollars to learn how to be a better fascist.