Trevor Noah Mocks Kari Lake’s Switch From Liberal to Conservative: ‘Bigger Transformation’ Than Drag Queens ‘She Suddenly Hates’ (Video)

“It’s already horrible to turn on any friend but betraying the one who taught you how to get your contouring or point? That is unforgivable,” Noah joked

Trevor Noah took aim at Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday night, making her the main character of his “fringe-watching” segment. And while he had a laundry list of problems with the election-denying candidate, his biggest was the fact that she used to be very liberal.

Currently, Lake is in a close race for governor with Democrat Katie Hobbs. Lake has been endorsed by twice impeached former president Donald Trump, and has repeatedly amplified proven lies about the 2020 election. But Noah wanted to put viewers on to what Lake’s political beliefs used to be — including the fact that she was a donor to Barack Obama’s campaign.

“If you’ve only been following her for this election, you might think she’s your standard right wing Republican. You know MAGA this, hang Mike Pence that, normal stuff,” Noah joked. “But what makes Kari Lake’s story fascinating is not who she is, but who she used to be.”

Noah then pulled up footage from MSNBC, which did a deep dive into Lake’s past, and noted that “her friends described her as liberal,” and she was slowly swayed by Trump as she found him “to be funny.” The report also pointed out that, though she’s now vocally opposed to drag queens, she was actually good friends with one for two decades.

Seeing it all laid out, Noah actually had a conspiracy theory of his own regarding Lake.

“I’ve heard of people being open to change, but this is almost not the same person. Like, I wouldn’t be shocked if we found out that the real Kari Lake is locked up in a basement somewhere while this MAGA alien pretends to be her,” Noah mocked. “Because this is a bigger transformation than the drag queens that she suddenly hates.”

The “Daily Show” host added that Lake turning her back on a friend who’s a drag queen is “particularly sh–ty,” considering Lake probably learned a lot from them.

“It’s already horrible to turn on any friend but betraying the one who taught you how to get your contouring or point? That is unforgivable,” Noah mocked.

You can watch the full segment from “The Daily Show” in the video above.

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