The Arizona gubernatorial race has become one of the most heated battles in the country as Republican candidate Kari Lake is facing off against Democrat candidate Katie Hobbs.
As election day approaches the race grows tighter and tighter but recent comments from Katie Hobbs may have backfired as her accusations of Lake and her team breaking into her headquarters have been proven false by Phoenix police.
After a break in at Hobbs’ headquarters, her campaign team released a statement about the situation and who they think may be to blame.
“Earlier this week, a break-in occurred at our campaign headquarters. We continue to cooperate with law enforcement as they investigate, and we are thankful to the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department for their work to keep us safe.
“Secretary Hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of death threats and threats of violence over the course of this campaign. Throughout this race, we have been clear that the safety of our staff and of the secretary is our number one priority.
“Let’s be clear: for nearly two years Kari Lake and her allies have been spreading dangerous misinformation and inciting threats against anyone they see fit. The threats against Arizonans attempting to exercise their constitutional rights and their attacks on elected officials are the direct result of a concerted campaign of lies and intimidation.”
Statement from our campaign on tonight's news: pic.twitter.com/OLqPMa5pYt
— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) October 27, 2022
Hobbs’ team made these outrageous claims, yet in October Phoenix police made an arrest in the case and the suspect had zero connections to the Republican candidate.
“Phoenix police said Thursday they have arrested a suspect in a break-in at the campaign office of Arizona Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs earlier this week. The incident set off implicit accusations against her Republican rival Kari Lake — a charge the former television news presenter scoffed at as ‘absurd.’
“Authorities identified the suspect as 36-year-old Daniel Mota Dos Reis, who had been arrested earlier in the day and was in jail for an unrelated commercial burglary. According to a police statement, an officer recognized Dos Reis in security footage from the burglary at Hobbs’s office near Virginia Avenue and Central Avenue.
“Dos Reis has been rearrested and booked on one count of third-degree burglary. It was not immediately clear whether Dos Reis has a lawyer,” the Washington Post reported.
It also was reported that Dos Reis is an illegal immigrant in the country as his stay in the country past his time as a registered student is violating the “the terms of his admission.”
Remember when @katiehobbs accused me of orchestrating a Watergate-style break-in of her campaign office?
Well, it turns out it was a repeat-criminal here in our country illegally.
RETWEET THIS. People must know. pic.twitter.com/tf1k2UJRFZ
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 2, 2022
It seems that any defamatory and accusatory comment is allowable during this November’s midterms.
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