Last night, news broke when an audio recording between Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake and Arizona GOP Chair David Dewitt was leaked. In the recording, DeWitt is clearly heard attempting to bribe Lake to drop out of the race by arranging a payment to her, at the direction of people "out east" - a reference to the political establishment in Washington D.C.

BREAKING: According to Fox 10 Phoenix, Dewitt has resigned from his position with the Arizona GOP this afternoon. In his resignation letter DeWit alleged that Lake has "released a selectively edited audio recording of our private conversation."

What was edited is a mystery. DeWitt is heard trying to use money to coerce Kari Lake to leave electoral politics in Arizona for the next two years. Something that likely is against the law in Arizona (it is in Minnesota).

Here's a link to the audio:

The leaked audio reveals what some of us already know about politics - if you are effective at pressuring the Swamp, they will resort to tactics to derail the pressure.  First they ignore you. However, when you achieve the level of political pain that a candidate like Kari Lake achieves, they try bribes.

Here's our training slide:

What the audio also reveal is how good Kari Lake sounds.