Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake confronted Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who she is running against for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-AZ) seat in 2024, outside a bathroom at an airport in Phoenix this week over the immigration crisis in the state.

“Unfortunately, our border’s wide open,” she said. “You and Kyrsten have had a lot of time to do something about it. And even the Democrats are upset about it.”

Gallego said that there was “some common ground” that Democrats could work with Republicans when it came to solving the border crisis.

“The problem is we have plenty of people here right now,” Lake said. “We have millions of people here. Fentanyl has killed more young people and you have had an opportunity to vote.”

Lake praised former President Donald Trump during the conversation for the border conditions during his administration and told a passerby that Gallego wanted to “destroy our country.”

Gallego offered to go down to the border with Lake and suggested that the two set something up with local mayors.

“Let’s go down to the border together,” he said. “Let’s get the mayor’s together.”

“We have to finish the wall,” Lake responded.

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Gallego said that there should be some border wall along with various other measures to make the border more secure.

Lake said that she was not interested in working together with Gallego and that her focus was on beating him.

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.@KariLake confronts Democrat opponent on the border

LAKE: “ I’m not working together with you, I’m going to beat you.” pic.twitter.com/wMbC7iGF4O

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 6, 2023

An empty vehicle belonging to pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaign was hit at a campaign event in Iowa on Thursday by a couple of left-wing demonstrators who had protested him earlier.

A small group of protesters shouted at the presidential candidate outside of the event before two of them, both in their twenties, later got in their car and drove off, but not before hitting the parked car. A Daily Mail reporter said that the damage was minor, totaling a few hundred dollars for each vehicle.

The 38-year-old reportedly has a private security detail.

The estimated cost of repair is $600 to each vehicle.

— Katelyn Caralle (@Katelyn_Caralle) October 5, 2023

“I believe in free speech, especially for those who disagree with me,” Ramaswamy posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Violence is never the answer. We will always hold ourselves to a higher standard than the other side.”

Fox News reported that the Grinnell Police Department was called to the scene over a “property damage incident.”

The report noted that Ramaswamy’s campaign could not say definitively whether the incident was intentional, although they did call it “unAmerican and unacceptable.”

The Associated Press noted that Ramaswamy sent out fundraising emails in response to the crash and asked supporters to “stand for free speech” by donating to him.