Arizona is the land of nutty governors (does anyone remember Jan Brewer, who served as governor and Secretary of State and famously clashed with former President Barack Obama?) Well now, Arizona has another Trump-endorsed nutball running for governor — the very anti-LGBTQ Kari Lake, who has found herself in the middle of a clash with Meghan McCain.

This particular dog began barking when someone on Twitter described Lake as a “maverick” on Twitter. That led Lake to respond “I’d hate to hurt Meg’s feelings. Someone called me ‘MAGA Queen’. While I love that, it probably belongs to Melania!”

According to Queerty, “Maverick” was an adjective frequently used to describe Meghan’s father, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain during his three decades in the Arizona Senate.

I’d hate to hurt Meg’s feelings. Someone called me “MAGA QUEEN”

While I love that, it probably belongs to Melania!

— Kari Lake (@KariLake) July 14, 2022

It’s anyone’s guess why this ticked off Meghan McCain, but tick her off it did. She fired off a furious fusillade of tweets calling Lake the b-word, a “hag,” “dried up,” and ordered her to “stay the hell away from me.” Then she wanted to know why, if Lake hates her late father so much, “did the b*tch steal my dads [sic] nickname?”

She had more flattery for Lake, calling her a “sideshow freak” and a “lunatic.”

And whatever you may think about Meghan McCain, she’s not far wrong here. Lake is a backstabber who wound up in the headlines in June when photos of her dancing with drag queens emerged online shortly after she’d joined other Republicans in attacking drag performers, characterizing them as perverts and pedophiles.

Lake is definitely a horrible human being, but for some reason when she tweeted screenshots of McCain’s angry tweets, with the caption “First you call me a b*tch, now you call me a hag? You’re really doing wonders for your family’s image, Meg,” this really freaked McCain out.

But that’s not all. Lake also poked fun at McCain’s book, Bad Republican, for its completely lackluster sales on Amazon and yet offered a link to the book. And lackluster is definitely the word here because it only sold 244 copies in the first month that it was released.

Then, to add additional insult to injury, Lake popped up on OAN where she made another dig at McCain’s shoddy book sales and called her “irrelevant.”

“She couldn’t even sell 300 copies of her book,” Lake said. “Nobody’s interested.”

At that point, she compared McCain to a “rabid dog who’s been cornered… thrashing around… throwing a fit.”

Kari Lake says Meghan McCain “is like a rabid dog who’s been cornered …thrashing around.” pic.twitter.com/xwHwC6D3O6

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 14, 2022

While that’s a little bit…well, extreme, apparently in McCain’s mind, being called “irrelevant” and a “rabid dog” is somehow a death threat.

Monday morning she tweeted: “This is psycho, unhealth, and unhinged. If I ever go missing please check this woman’s first please.”

This is psycho, unhealthy and unhinged.

If I ever go missing, please check this woman’s basement first please. https://t.co/M9fwCsP1Zs

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 15, 2022

Queerty chided McCain for being overly dramatic. Sure Lake is nothing short of slimy pond scum, but the site noted McCain brought the pain, to begin with, thanks to the name-calling. I’m going to go all Archie Bunker here and call these two a couple of “dingbats.”

Here’s what Twitter thinks:

You’re really not that important to go missing.

— Annie 🌊 🌊🌈🌈🪶🪶🇺🇸 ☮️ (@copley_anita) July 15, 2022

nobody would be looking for you but thank you for the info

— limatero57 (@limatero572) July 15, 2022

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again- You enabled this kind of rhetoric when you told us we should lean in and listen And take heed to to MAGA-world, the people she’s speaking to, even if we don’t agree. You may not like her ways, but you legitimized it for years.

— Craig Nash (@clocktower74) July 15, 2022

Not a fan of Kari but with exception of the "Swamp" comments… she was just spitting out facts.

— Bori Que (Vato, El, Ese) (@bori_que) July 15, 2022

Psycho vs psycho

— Mary Cotey (@cotey_mary) July 15, 2022

You republicans created this. You made a deal with the crazy right to get power. Reep what you sow.

— Tom Bulger (@TomBulger10) July 15, 2022