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Donald Trump-endorsed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has sworn up and down that, if elected, she would end all deals and cut all ties with “the Communist Chinese regime.” In an interview with Arizona Mirror’s Jeremy Duda, she said China “has slave camps making a bunch of garbage, sending it our way, so that we can have cheap goods.”

Some of that “garbage” is being sold on Lake’s campaign website.

During a Right Side Broadcasting Network interview at a Georgia Trump rally last year, Lake said, “We need to keep people out of office who have a soft spot in their heart for China, we need to take a hard line with China … they’ve taken our manufacturing away.”

She also took a swing at China and the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter, tweeting pictures of a BLM Christmas ornament she’d found at Nordstrom. “Nothing says Christmas like BLM decorations on your tree. $20 and made in China.”

For just $10 more than Nordstrom’s BLM Christmas ornament, you could have a “structured, low profile hat,” in bright, MAGA red with “Kari Lake for Governor,” emblazoned in white on the front. “SHIPPING INCLUDED!” all for the low price of $30.

Look inside the hat, and there’s a tag with just three words on it: “Made in China.”

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s official campaign hat with a “MADE IN CHINA” tag displayed. Image provided by a Democratic source on condition of anonymity.

 

Financial disclosures showed Lake’s campaign had paid $145,000 to Phoenix merchandising company Vantage. Her campaign site’s shop is filled with those $30 made in China hats and $40 t-shirts bearing the slogan “Truth Matters.” The t-shirt tags read, “Made in Honduras.”

Lake also dropped $52,000 on rentals at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

Promising to bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs while peddling foreign goods is something Lake shares with Trump, who endorsed her in the governor’s race last year.

A 2016 Washington Post investigation found Trump-branded products, from suits to eyeglasses and even furniture were made in over a dozen countries, including China. They also found a number of items in Trump hotels were made in China, including: shampoo, body wash, moisturizers, shower caps and towels.

Even after he won presidency, Trump made close to $1.5 million from an online retail store selling Trump branded merchandise, CNBC reported in 2020. About two-thirds of the products were made overseas or didn’t list a country of origin.

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