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Kari Lake: “We have been under the spell of the fake news for so long…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 55:26

And you might say, carrie, please don't go soft on us. I'm not going soft. But I have to realize that anybody who feels that way. Why? Because they've been brainwashed. We have been under the spell of the fake news for so long that it's no wonder some of us haven't broke through. Thank God the people here, we've seen a little break in light, and we. We opened our eyes and said, oh, my gosh, once you open your eyes to it, you never go back. (55:26–55:34)

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Asserts that the public has been influenced by misleading news for an extended period.

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