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Kari Lake Victim of Terrorist Attack!

&NewLine;<p>Unabashed MAGA-Republican candidate&comma; Kari Lake received envelopes filled with a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suspicious white powder” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;abusive” at her campaign headquarters&comma; prompting an FBI response&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>NBC News correspondent&nbsp&semi;Vaughn Hillyard&nbsp&semi;reported that the FBI&comma; Phoenix Police&comma; hazmat teams&comma; and bomb squad units responded to an alleged incident involving &&num;8220&semi;suspicious items&&num;8221&semi; discovered at Kari Lake&&num;8217&semi;s campaign headquarters around over the past weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A source said that a &&num;8220&semi;white powdery substance&&num;8221&semi; was found in two envelopes addressed to Lake&&num;8217&semi;s office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A campaign staffer reportedly opened one of the envelopes and was exposed to the powder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>News outlets also said that the envelopes contained &&num;8220&semi;abusive messages&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A source familiar with Lake&&num;8217&semi;s campaign told the press&comma; &&num;8220&semi;…one of Kari&&num;8217&semi;s staffers opened up an envelope that had a suspicious white powder in it and had a letter in there with a bunch of vulgarities and ranting and raving about Kari&period; The employee then noticed a second package that was exactly like the first one she had opened&comma; and she reported it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Lake was not present at the office at the time&semi; she was at a campaign event in Scottsdale and away from her headquarters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So far&comma; the staffer has not reported any symptoms or injuries from the exposure&comma; and no analysis of the substance has been released by the FBI&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When officers arrived&comma; they learned there were suspicious items located inside the mail&period; Additional resources responded to collect the items and secure the area&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Sgt&period; Phil Krynsky&period; &&num;8220&semi;There have been no reports of injury&comma; and the investigation remains active&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Daily Mail political reporter Rob Crilly said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Staffer is fine&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m told&comma; but the campaign is shaken up&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Lake campaign spokesman Colton Duncan told CNN&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It was one of two envelopes that were confiscated by law enforcement and sent to professionals at Quantico for examination&comma; and we are awaiting details&period; The staff member is currently under medical supervision&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Lake is battling her Democratic opponent Katie Hobbs in the Arizona gubernatorial race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As we enter Election Day&comma; the race is practically a dead heat&comma; with Lake holding a slight lead&comma; with 48&period;9 percent of voters backing her&comma; and her Democratic rival sitting on 46&period;4 percent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Because it is so close&comma; the results will likely not be announced on Election Day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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