PHOTO: Donald Trump kissing Kari Lake at Bedminster

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Lake lost her Trump-endorsed bid for governor in Arizona last November and recycled his baseless cries of election fraud. She has been floated as a possible vice presidential pick for 2024 GOP front-runner Trump, whom Lake has vigorously defended amid his mounting legal woes.

She made frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago after Trump officially declared his candidacy in November and has been “vying” for the selection since then, People wrote. The magazine previously quoted a source as saying that Lake is “working the deal” for a bigger political future to compensate for her Arizona defeat.

Does Lake think that she can get the nod from Trump by simply being in his face as much as possible? Obviously, we don’t know her thinking here, but given that the ex-president is known for having an extremely short attention span, and listening to the advice of the last people who spoke to him, it’s not a terrible idea. (The strategy, that is; the idea of these two rabid election deniers being on a ticket together is clearly terrifying.)

The Hill reported Tuesday that Republicans believe Lake would be the party’s primary front-runner if she officially declared her candidacy, but are concerned about her harping on false claims of election cheating.

“I think most people are facing reality that if she runs for that seat, she has a significant number of Republican primary voters who are going to vote for her,” Republican strategist Chuck Warren said.

Yes, People reports the bizarre news that, according to a source familiar with the matter, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake—who, like Trump, insists the election was rigged against her—“spent a significant portion of her time at Mar-a-Lago during its open season.” How much time is considered “significant”? According to the outlet, Lake has appeared at the Palm Beach resort “more than Melania Trump,” a.k.a. Trump’s wife. “Kari Lake is there all the time,” the source told People. “There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.” After Trump announced a third run for office, other sources told the publication that Lake very much wanted to be named his number two, with one saying: “She is working the deal. She wants something bigger, fast, to compensate for her loss in Arizona.”