Former President Bill Clinton described Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake as "physically attractive" during a campaign speech in Arizona in support of Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Gallego and Lake are battling for independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema's soon-to-be vacant seat, which could tip the power of the upper chamber, making a handful of down-ballot races, including Arizona's, closely watched.
During his speech on Wednesday evening, Clinton called the U.S. senate race in Arizona "a beautiful microcosm of the campaign that Kamala Harris is running for president."
In Phoenix on Wednesday night, Clinton described Gallego as someone "that grew up under sometimes challenging circumstances, who made something of his life." In contrast, he said Lake is "someone who is physically attractive, but believes that politics is a performance art, and where, like JD Vance, she has to be prost[r]ate before the master."
Gallego is a former marine who served in Iraq, and Lake is a former television news anchor who lost her bid for Arizona governor in 2022 and claimed the election was rigged.
The upper chamber is currently controlled by the Democrats, who hold a narrow majority of 51 seats as four independents caucus with the party, while Republicans hold 49 seats. However, the election, less than two weeks away, could shift who has the majority.
Former Democratic presidents Clinton and Barack Obama have been on the campaign trail for Harris in recent weeks, with Clinton appearing in several key battleground states that could sway the razor-thin presidential election.
This is a developing story and will be updated with additional information.
English (US) ·