A local columnist blasted Trump-endorsed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake after she dubbed her own state a “banana republic” — a racist, derogatory term. “This is just an embarrassment,” Lake, a 2020 election denier, said on Newsmax Thursday. “People of Arizona are just sick and tired of elections being run like some banana republic.” “We won’t have it anymore,” she insisted. “We’re going to win this, everybody in this state news we’re going to win it – I was running against a basement candidate who didn’t even campaign,” Lake falsely claimed. On MSNBC Wednesday, Vaughn Hil…
