Arizona Politics

Lake Wants Voice of America to Return to 'Glory Days' Under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump appointed former Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) to become the new Director of Voice of America (VOA), the international broadcaster of American news. In comments to Breitbart, Lake expressed an enthusiastic desire to bring VOA back to "its glory days."

As a former journalist and news anchor, Lake told Breitbart that she was "excited" and believed being VOA's Director is "a great fit for me," citing her Emmy Award-winning coverage of landmine removal efforts in Cambodia.

From there, she said she was "looking forward to the Voice of America, returning it to really, really its glory days of when we could bring down communism, change hearts and minds around the globe without having to fire a single bullet, and putting out fair and accurate information, and a fair and accurate portrayal of America to our overseas audience, which is really what it is."

After all, Voice of America was established in 1942, and "Its audience is solely overseas, non-American, and we want to make sure we're doing a really quality job, improve on what we're already doing right, and make it even better," Lake added.

In previous comments with Trump ally and podcaster Steve Bannon, Lake similarly stated that under her leadership, VOA would have "a great story to tell, and over the next four years, we're gonna have an even better story to tell," further suggesting that she was "looking forward to telling of the renewal of America to the world" and "looking forward to making sure that we're covering what's happening with this administration in a fair and accurate manner as we should as journalists."

Trump appointed Lake to the head of VOA earlier in December, saying she would "ensure that American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media," calling her "a beloved News Anchor in Arizona."

Grayson Bakich

Florida born and raised, Grayson Bakich is a recent recipient of a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His thesis examined recent trends in political polarization and how this leads into justification of violence.

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