Katie Hobbs Has No Interest In The Responsibilities Of A Governor

Arizona Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs has no interest in being governor. She might want the title, the prestige, and the benefits, but she has no enthusiasm for doing the job, and she said so explicitly.

On Tuesday, the investigative group Project Veritas published its latest exposé, which revealed why Hobbs has refused a debate with her Republican opponent, former local news anchor Kari Lake.

“I don’t want to talk politics with anyone who I don’t know,” Hobbs said on footage captured on hidden camera.

Refusal to engage with your political opponents as an elected official with power is bad enough, but what’s worse is that Hobbs made the comment while describing a conversation she had with an Uber driver who inquired about her work.

“I was like, ‘uh, I work for a campaign,’” Hobbs said. “I don’t know why I said that — I just didn’t want to have this conversation. And he’s like, ‘Oh, Kari Lake?’ And I was like, ‘F-ck no!’ I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to talk politics to anyone who I don’t know.”

It makes sense why someone might not want to engage with strangers about politics, but not when you’re already a statewide elected official now seeking the top job in all of Arizona. It especially doesn’t apply to engaging your opponent about your political differences on a debate stage.

In her refusal to debate Lake, Hobbs is denying Arizona voters the democratic opportunity to see their two gubernatorial candidates side-by-side in an open forum because she “doesn’t want to talk politics to anyone who I don’t know.” Apparently, no one told Hobbs that it’s part of being governor. But the comment reveals something more disturbing about the Democrat’s own candidacy: Hobbs has no curiosity why her constituents might like her Republican challenger.

A genuine public servant might have probed a bit deeper into the Uber driver’s own values and priorities rather than shut down the conversation. Hobbs, however, took the elitist route with an “I don’t want