>>> DUELING CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN ARIZONA OVER THE WEEKEND FOR
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES KARI LAKE.
MIKE PENCE, CHRIS CHRISTIE AND DOUG DUCEY HAVE ENDORSED TAYLOR
ROBSON. KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON IS JOINING
US NOW. YOU HEAR HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
THE RACE YOU'RE IN. IT'S BILLED AS A PROXY WAR.
DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? >> YOU KNOW, THIS ELECTION IS
ABOUT ARIZONA AND THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA, AND I'M JUST PROUD TO
HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF PEOPLE LIKE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
AND A LONG LINEUP NOW OF GOVERNORS AND FORMER GOVERNORS,
THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD A STATE.
I'M JUST HONORED TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT.
>> POLICYWISE, WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM KARI LAKE?
>>. >> THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS I
HAVE A 30-YEAR OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUILDING
BUDGETS, RUNNING TEAMS, SIGNING BOTH SIDES OF PAYCHECKS.
I HAVE A LONG, LONG HISTORY AND RECORD OF SUPPORTING REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES AND CONSERVATIVE CAUSES.
THAT'S WHY I'M IN THIS RACE, TO MOVE ARIZONA FORWARD AND BRING A
CONSERVATIVE VISION TO OUR STATE.
>> WHICH IS REALLY A DIFFERENCE OF EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'RE
BRINGING TO THE JOB, RIGHT? ON POLICIES, LET'S TALK ABOUT
IMMIGRATION, FOR INSTANCE. YOU'RE BOTH IN FAVOR OF BUILDING
THE WALL. YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF SURGING THE
NATIONAL GUARD. ARE THERE DIFFERENCES THERE?
>> LAST WEEK WE OBTAINED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE BORDER PATROL
COUNCIL. THEY KNOW I CAN GET IT DONE
BECAUSE OF MY RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
LAKE SUPPORTED AMNESTY FOR 11 MILLION PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHE AND I.
NOT ONLY DID SHE SUPPORT AMNESTY FOR 1 IS MILLION PEOPLE, SHE
WALKED DOORS AND SUPPORTED BARACK OBAMA WHILE I WAS OUT
SUPPORTING AND WORKING FOR CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES.
WE JUST HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DIFFERENCES.
>> AND NOW SHE'S TALKING ABOUT SENDING ARMED NATIONAL GUARD TO
THE BORDER. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY, IN YOUR PLATFORM, THAT YOU WANT TO SURGE
THE NATIONAL GUARD, SENDING ARMED NATIONAL GUARD TO THE
BORDER? >> WE WILL SEND NATIONAL GUARD
TO THE BORDER AND THEY'LL BE THERE IN A SUPPORT ROLE FOR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
ARIZONA ARE BEING OVERRUN. WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF
WHAT IS REALLY A 50-STATE CRISIS WITH THE SURGE AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS CROSSING OUR BORDERS. OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE
BORDER, THEY'RE GETTING THE BRUNT OF THIS.
AND SO WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER.
IN FACT, THE FIRST THING I WILL DO AS GOVERNOR IS CALL AN
EMERGENCY SESSION OF OUR LEGISLATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES
DOWN THERE, INCLUDING SURGING THE NATIONAL GUARD.
>> LET'S TALK ELECTION INTEGRITY.
YOUR OPPONENT SAYS SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CERTIFIED THE ELECTION IF
SHE WERE GOVERNOR, AS GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY DID.
WOULD YOU HAVE CERTIFIED THE ELECTION?
>> WELL, I'M A LAWYER. I'M A TRAINED LAWYER.
I CAN'T SIT HERE AND TELL YOU WITHOUT HAVING BEEN PRESENTED
ALL THE EVIDENCE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATION AFTER
INVESTIGATION AND ARE THERE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED?
ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE GOT TO -- WE HAVE TO
REQUIRE VOTER I.D. I'M LOOKING FORWARD.
I'M LOOKING AT 2022 AND DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP
ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN REPUBLICAN HANDS.
THAT REQUIRES US TO LOOK FORWARD AND ARTICULATE A VISION FOR THE
FUTURE OF THIS STATE. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSED
ON. >> IT'S IMPORTANT LOOKING
FORWARD, OF COURSE, BUT LOOKING FORWARD IS DONALD TRUMP VERY
LIKELY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN.
THIS IS AN ENTIRELY PERTINENT QUESTION.
WOULD YOU HAVE CERTIFIED THE ELECTION AS GOVERNOR?
>> AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I WASN'T SITTING THERE, AS GOVERNOR DOUG
DUCEY WAS PRESENTED WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE.
I HAVE TO CONSIDER BASED ON -- >> YOU'VE SEEN THE EVIDENCE.
YOU'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OF AUDITS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF ARIZONA.
HE ENDORSED YOU. >> THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
ARE ONGOING. AND I TELL EVERYBODY, WHEN ASKED
THIS QUESTION AROUND THE STATE OF ARIZONA, MY FOCUS IS ON
LOOKING FORWARD. I'M NOT GOING TO GET STUCK
LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. I AM FOCUSED ON LOOKING FORWARD
AND MAKING SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR IN ARIZONA, TO NOMINATE A REPUBLICAN THAT CAN WIN IN
NOVEMBER. THAT IS MY FOCUS.
>> OKAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT -- THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION AGAIN THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A LUXURY WE
HAVE OF JUST LOOKING FORWARD IN THIS CASE.
DO YOU ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION OF 2020?
>> WE HAVE THE WRONG GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND I --
>> DO YOU -- SORRY, GO ON. >> SO, YOU KNOW, OUR
CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR ONE PRESIDENT AT A TIME.
AND I BELIEVE THE WRONG PRESIDENT IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN FACT, THAT'S WHY I HAVE GIVEN UP MY CAREER --
>> BUT WRONGFULLY -- >> TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR BECAUSE I
WANT TO GET RID OF JOE BIDEN. >> YOU THINK HE'S THE WRONG GUY
IN THE WHITE HOUSE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WRONGFULLY ELECTED OR RIGHTFULLY ELECTED, WRONG GUY
FOR THE JO BE? JOB?
>> THE 2020 ELECTION AT A MINIMUM WAS NOT FAIR.
THAT'S MY CONSISTENT ANSWERS. WE HAD THE MEDIA SUPPRESSING
NEWS. I DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING
OTHER THAN HUNTER BIDEN. WE HAD BIG TECH SILENCING
CONSERVATIVE VOICES. WE HAD JUDGES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY CHANGING THE RULES IN THE DAYS AND THE WEEKS AND THE
MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION UNDER THE -- BECAUSE OF
COVID AND THE CHAOS THAT SURROUNDED COVID.
AT A MINIMUM, IT WASN'T FAIR. WE ALSO HAD MARK ZUCKERBERG
SPENDING NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPRESS VOTER
TURNOUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN ARIZONA.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER CONSPIRED TO HAVE 78% OF THE
REPUBLICANS IN ARIZONA THINKING SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE
ELECTION. I ALSO AM QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO IN
UPCOMING ELECTIONS. NOW THAT HE HAS SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING EVERY AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT AND REGISTRATION IN THE SAME TYPES
OF PRECINCTS THAT MARK ZUCKERBERG SPENT HALF A BILLION
DOLLARS. I'M FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY'RE
DOING IN THE FUTURE. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, DO YOU
ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE 2020 ELECTION?
>> WE HAVE THE WRONG GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ON THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND ARIZONA NEEDS TO STAY IN REPUBLICAN HANDS SO THAT WE CAN
KICK HIM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024.
>> ALL RIGHT. KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON, WE
APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.