Republican candidate draws laughter with mockery of attack on Paul Pelosi

Republican nominee for governor Kari Lake holds a press conference in front of her campaign headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. Photograph: Olivier Touron/AFP/Getty Images

The Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, drew laughter at a campaign event in Scottsdale on Monday with a remark about the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of the Democratic US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

“Nancy Pelosi, well, she’s got protection when she’s in DC,” Lake said. “Apparently her house doesn’t have a lot of protection.”