Kari Lake is asked to leave the stage at Trump rally in Arizona: “Stop it as soon as possible”

Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake was apparently asked to leave the stage during a Trump rally in Glendale on Friday.

As she spoke, images taken behind Lake show that a screen in front of the podium displayed messages urging her to “finish as soon as possible” before telling her to “please step off the stage” and “Trump is waiting.”

Her Democratic opponent Ruben Gallego wrote on X: “The MAGA Republicans are finally catching up with the rest of Arizona.”

Trump rallies typically begin hours before the former president's actual appearance, as speakers take the stage before him.

Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina shared one of the images and wrote that the decision in the Senate race in Arizona was “crystal clear. We need Ruben Gallego in the U.S. Senate.”

The daughter of the late Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, conservative commentator Meghan McCain, also shared the images mocking Lake.

The 2022 Senate and gubernatorial candidate said during a rally in November of that year: “We don't have any McCain Republicans here, do we? Get out!” Newsweek noted.

In February, Lake said during a radio interview that she was joking when she mocked John McCain during her 2022 campaign for governor.

The Independent has contacted the Lake campaign for comment.

Lake, a former news anchor who has rejected the results of the 2020 and 2022 elections, is running against Gallego for the seat held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a former Democrat who is retiring.

When she lost the 2022 gubernatorial election to Democrat Katie Hobbs, Lake claimed the election was stolen. She also supported Trump's claim that his election was stolen in 2020, despite no evidence to support this.

“I am extremely concerned about what my opponent, Ruben Gallego, will do to the state we love. I am running against the most radical man to ever run for office in the history of Arizona,” Lake said of her opponent on Friday.

Earlier this month, Gallego said in a press release that a coalition of 40 Arizona Republicans and independents was supporting him.

“I am running for the U.S. Senate to represent all Arizonans, regardless of where they live or what political party they belong to,” said the Democratic candidate. “We may not agree on everything, but we can agree on one essential goal – building a better Arizona.”