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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Rohrlich

Top Kari Lake campaign adviser jokes about sending journalists to ‘the gulag’ — then doubles down

A senior adviser to Kari Lake, seen here with Donald Trump, said she hopes one journalist in particular gets locked up first - (AP)

A senior adviser to current US Senate hopeful Kari Lake has called for journalists to be “sent to the gulag” over a seemingly mundane conversation one reporter recounted having with a Democratic election canvasser getting out the vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Pressed on the issue, top GOP operative Caroline Wren — who was intimately involved with the January 6, 2021 “March to Save America” rally that incited the subsequent riot at the US Capitol — referred to the media as the “enemy of the people,” disparaging reporters as humorless drones who can’t take a joke and reiterating her wish to see them imprisoned in labor camps if Donald Trump retakes the White House.

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