Actress Bette Midler shared a parody website for Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Twitter users were quick to call her out.
On Wednesday, Midler shared a screenshot from the fake website.
“Heeere’s [Kari Lake], running for Gov of [Arizona], spewer of Q-anon conspiracies and all around nasty nut job! Don’t let the cute package fool you! She’s lethal!” Midler tweeted.
The screenshot was from an “about me” page, saying, “I embrace far-right nationalism and the forceful suppression of any opposition.”
It continues, “I strongly oppose Marxism, liberalism and democracy, and believe the state takes precedence over individual interests. I favor centralized rule, often a single party or leader, and embrace the idea of a national rebirth, a new greatness for my country.”
https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1587833141061992449
Twitter users pointed out the website was in no way a part of Lake’s campaign.
“Her actual website is http://karilake.com. There is a disclaimer on the bottom of the website in Midler’s tweet: ‘This Website Is Parody and Proudly Created By Toby Morton,'” one user tweeted.
This website does not belong to the Lake campaign. Her actual website is https://t.co/iA3x4IiuQf. There is a disclaimer on the bottom of the website in Midler's tweet: "This Website Is Parody & Proudly Created By Toby Morton." https://t.co/yJzEnDwKZz
— Elias Atienza (@AtienzaElias) November 3, 2022
Another tweeted, “Bette and her dumb as dog poop followers don’t realise this is fake. Have you noticed the most unhinged attacks against [Kari Lake] are from bitter, far Left women.”
Bette & her dumb as dog poop followers don’t realise this is fake. Have you noticed the most unhinged attacks against @KariLake are from bitter, far Left women. https://t.co/ZyCDkElC8X
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 3, 2022
Read more tweets below:
https://twitter.com/cycledtswiss/status/1588233755088388096
You know that is fake, right Bette?
— Tobias Lehigh Nagy (@DrBasedJase) November 3, 2022
How are you still alive being this dumb & deranged? https://t.co/bbCcqLKB8A
@elonmusk she’s posting disinformation. This should not be allowed. https://t.co/e6xRSYJ1Rf
— Chale (@Chale333) November 3, 2022
@BetteMidler posting content from fake website for gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
— Carey (@SeriusBall) November 3, 2022
Lots of fakes out there be aware! https://t.co/3UZxLL0KNf
She’s vile. https://t.co/rqcTVFEjUt
— Fran Auerbach (@franauerbach) November 3, 2022
@elonmusk . Please have this fact checked and @BetteMidler fined for sharing misinformation. Thanks https://t.co/Lgcpz4ibN1
— 🇺🇲Josef W Wimmer🇺🇸 (@josefwwimmer) November 3, 2022
Additional context was posted to the tweet.
“This is a screenshot from https://www.karilake2022.com/, a site that is completely unaffiliated with Kari Lake or her campaign – it is run by a domain squatter to mislead people,” the note read.