Kari Lake still can’t find a gig!
Nearly 20 months into Tr*mp’s second reign of terror, the failed Arizona gubernatorial and senate candidate remains on the outside looking in.
Initially selected to lead Voice of America, the perennial election denier was never confirmed by the Senate. Instead, Tr*mp named her an advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a state-funded enterprise that reaches 420 million weekly listeners worldwide.
There, Lake proceeded to cut 85% of the workforce, putting more than 1,000 people out of work. This past March, a federal judge voided those layoffs, and ordered the Tr*mp administration to reinstate the affected journalists and staffers.
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With her wreckage at USAGN wiped out, Lake was once again adrift. Then Tr*mp threw the anti-drag queen another life raft: Ambassador to Jamaica.
But, sadly, she might not even get that! Though GOP senators reluctantly voted to advance her nomination, she still hasn’t been confirmed.
In the interim, Tr*mp’s first term ambassador to the Caribbean island is campaigning against Lake’s appointment. Speaking to the Miami Herald, Donald Tapia pointed to her inglorious history of lying and incompetence.
“Kari Lake is not the person for Jamaica,” he said.
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Hypocritical homophobia
As a failed candidate, Lake emphasized her apparent disregard for the LGBTQ+ community. She targeted drag queens in particular, falsely accusing them of infiltrating schools.
But then the hypocritical tea got spilled. A Phoenix queen who performs under “Barbra Seville” called Lake a longtime friend and posted photos of the two together. As a news anchor, Lake even interviewed her on TV.
“I’ve performed for Kari’s birthday, I’ve performed in her home (with children present,) and I’ve performed for her at some of the seediest bars in Phoenix,” she said.
Despite losing her race for governor–and then again for senator–Lake has continued her phony homophobia. When called in front of Congress last year, she attempted to gay-shame Arizona Democratic rep. Greg Stanton. Lake referenced nonexistent rumors about the former Phoenix member having a “gay lover.” (Phoenix New Times dug into the accusation, and found it to be bogus.)
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— Rep. Greg Stanton (@RepGregStanton) June 25, 2025
We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the irony of Lake, who’s tried to build her political career on the scorn of homophobia, facing a rocky road in her quest to be ambassador to one of the most homophobic countries in the world.
“A lightweight appointment”
Though low-pressure ambassadorships are often filled with a president’s friends or donors, Tr*mp is taking the cronyism to new extremes. A whopping 90% of his ambassador nominations have gone to supporters.
In the Miami Herald piece, Obama’s former ambassador to Jamaica suggested that Tr*mp nominated Lake for the post because she isn’t qualified for any roles in D.C. “They had to park her someplace,” said Luis Moreno.
He went on to call Lake a “lightweight appointment,” and said he wouldn’t expect her to contribute to the U.S.-Jamaica relationship in a productive way.
“It’s what we would call a lightweight appointment,” he said. “I would expect lightweight efforts on her part.”
Though Lake is thirsty for any role, we know that she probably has her eyes set on press sec. She was floated this week in the NY Post as a possible replacement for the departing Karoline Leavitt. That’s a big job!
As someone put it on X, how will Lake fulfill her duties while also being Arizona’s governor and a U.S. senator? Good thing she’ll probably never have that dilemma!
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