Kari Lake, the Republican who lost Arizona’s gubernatorial race, is releasing a music single Thursday at midnight called “81 Million Votes, My Ass,” according to a post the record label made Wednesday on Truth Social. The track was produced by members of the team behind a song Donald Trump and a group of Jan. 6 prisoners released in March.
A preview of “81 Million Votes, My A—” appeared Wednesday night on Gateway Pundit’s Rumble account. In an interview with that outlet, conservative commentator Ed Henry said that his Mailman Media company and LJ Fino, a music executive who worked on Trump and the J6 Prison Choir’s “Justice for All,” were involved in the release.
The title comes from a line in Lake’s speech at CPAC’s Ronald Reagan dinner and refers to Joe Biden’s vote total in the 2020 presidential election. Lake is among the notable Republicans who claim to believe Donald Trump’s lie that he won the election. “‘81 million votes, my a—,’ that sounds like a country Western song,” Henry said he thought upon hearing Lake’s speech. He later approached her about collaborating.
Lake agreed to participate to raise awareness about voter fraud, she told “Real America’s Voice” on Wednesday. “I want to send a message to the technocrats, to the tyrants, that we’re on to what they’re pushing,” Lake said. “We’re on to this B.S. system.”
Jeffrey Steele, a singer who has penned No. 1 hits for Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts, wrote and performed “81 Million Votes, My A—” along with a group called the Truth Bombers, according to Henry. “We think that we’re going to start releasing more of these songs, and each one will be a quote-unquote truth bomb,” Henry told Gateway Pundit. “You’re going to hear other America First politicians and other prominent people getting involved.”
Similar to “Justice for All,” the snippet of “81 Million Votes, My A—” that dropped Wednesday interpolates Lake speaking into the music. According to the track’s website, it will be available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services.
It’s not clear what will become of any profits from “81 Million Votes, My A—.” Henry’s Mailman Media was slated to disburse the profits of “Justice for All” to benefit the families of people imprisoned for their alleged roles in the Capitol riots that left five people dead.
Digital sales and streams won’t be “81 Million Votes, My A—’s” only source of income: Mailman Media is selling a vinyl edition for $100, as well as T-shirts and hats.
“Justice for All” sold 22,500 copies in its first 11 days, taking the top spot on the iTunes Store, which measures how many times a song was purchased. Its streaming numbers were not sufficient for it to land on Apple Music or Spotify’s charts.
Henry told Gateway Pundit that he hopes “81 Million Votes, My A—,” will encourage people on all sides of the political spectrum to talk about election fraud. “What I think this song wants to accomplish more than anything is to get people talking about this ahead of 2024.”
Henry and a spokesperson for Lake did not immediately respond to inquiries. Fino declined to comment.