Kari Lake Throws Down the Gauntlet: ‘Let’s See If You’re as Tough in a Debate as You Are Behind Your Keyboard’

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake called on Garrett Archer, a political analyst for KNXV-TV in Phoenix who uses the Twitter handle “Data Guru,” to accept a debate challenge from pollster Rich Barris over the legitimacy of the recent midterm elections in the state. Barris tweeted Saturday, “The 2022 Arizona midterm elections were not conducted legitimately. I have no problem extending invites to PUBLICLY debate me over that fact. All fake ‘gurus’ … are welcome to apply.” “A word of caution. You’re not as smart as you think you are and I’m going to embarrass you,” he added. The 2022…