Laura Ingraham surmised Republicans who try to play nice with the Democratic Party end up getting destroyed Friday on "The Ingraham Angle." 

LAURA INGRAHAM: Despite speaking about the need for a return to civility in our politics, Pence's appearance drew disgusting protests and a boring, but predictable, staged walkout. Republican nice guys finish last. Just ask Mitt Romney. Remember what they did to him? 

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Kari Lake speaks on stage

Kari Lake, Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona, during an Election Night Party in Scottsdale, Arizona, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

And we'd be remiss in not mentioning Glenn Youngkin. Now, he won the Virginia governorship last year by focusing on the schools. It was a really well-run campaign, and he didn't have a lot of Trump-like controversy — looking pretty folksy in that fleece vest. Yeah, sure, but when he rolled up his sleeves to campaign for GOP gubernatorial candidates across America, the media made him a target, and when he traveled to Arizona to campaign for Kari Lake, he became enemy number one.

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"Now Youngkin embraces Kari Lake in Arizona despite election-denialism." "Glenn Youngkin had moderate Republicans fooled" were the headlines, and there are a lot more. Well, there's a lesson here. The time for appeasement is over and it's something that Kari Lake turned into a huge plus during her primary battle and right now, she's offering kind of a master class in how to put the media back on its heels.