Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has attacked drag queens as dangerous to children, attended the shows of drag queen Richard Stevens for more than 20 years and once hired him to perform at her home, according to Stevens.
tagging Stevens in the caption: “Half of what I know about makeup I learned from watching friends like @barbraseville.” The post was removed after The Post contacted Lake’s campaign Monday afternoon.that Lake attended a baby shower where Stevens “showed up as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator,” but appeared to differentiate between the private event and a drag show.
Stevens said he and Lake continued to correspond over the years, even as she moved to the right politically and announced her campaign for governor in June 2021. Though he described himself as an “outspoken liberal,” Stevens said he maintained the friendship because Lake had supportedThe pair last corresponded in late 2021, though Lake had not attended any shows since before the pandemic, he said.
“So we gave it a shot with a new guy, and we were excited about our first Black president. We thought he would bring this country together. I think everybody was disappointed when he did just the opposite,” Lake said. Lake spent some of the event denouncing what she called a “push of transgenderism” and “grooming of our children” in schools.
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