Posted on 10/16/2026 9:28:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska did not hold back during Thursday night’s high-stakes “Debate for the State” in Anchorage when he spotted his Democrat opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola, appearing to read from scripted notes or answers.
Sullivan appeared suspicious after observing Peltola consulting her notes and suggested that her responses looked suspiciously prepared.
“We weren’t supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?” Sullivan asked the moderators from Alaska Public Media and Alaska’s News Source.
The moderator replied firmly: “Neither one of you got questions beforehand. Absolutely not.”
Sullivan didn’t let it go. “Okay, I’m just watching my opponent read from questions that seem to be answered.”
Peltola’s response was pure Democrat confidence: “I’m prepared.”
Sen. Dan Sullivan: We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?
Moderator: "Neither one of you got questions beforehand. Absolutely not.
Sullivan: Okay, I'm just watching my opponent read from questions that seem to be answered.
Mary Peltola: I'm prepared. https://t.co/sckOlkwsAx
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They’ re called “talking points,” dude. The questions are probably as predictable as your answers.
Was Donna Brazile in the room?
Is Sullivan a RINO?
She doesn’t go to Alaska for fear of being mistaken for a walrus...........
AND she had them IN ORDER of the questions
Of course se got the questions beforehand..commies always do..also commies are the only ones that can get away with making homo slurs and say “Hey I didnt mean it I mean my cat died it was a hard time”
He’s not horrible. Pretty good, as Alaska Republicans go, though his Alaskan credentials are a bit soft.
If the lame-stream media was doing the questioning, the issues that they would ask about were predictable, only the order of the questions was unknown.
Answers, maybe, but questions...absolutely not.
Maybe the moderator got the questions from the Alaska Democrat Party.
Since there have been multiple, well documented incidents where left leaning candidates were fed questions in advance, I wouldn’t be so snidely dismissive.
“Was Donna Brazile in the room?”
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OMG! Exactly!! Good pick up there!
Yeah, it’s not like the rats would cheat or anything!!!
Donna Brazile is back at it again.
You could see it during the Hillary response in 2016.
She started to answer the question before it was asked.
Brazile gave Hillary the questions before the debate.
With a bit of luck, she becomes flustered and self-conscious about shuffling papers.
for sure...you can always tell the paid operatives posting here. Unheard of Democrats getting the questions early from their liberal moderators (sarc)
bttt
Bingo.
Have no idea if she got questions ahead of time....but the questions were the kind of questions a candidate should expect to be asked. Sullivan did not come off as truthful &/or prepared. That said, Sullivan will most likely win. Alaskan are more libertarian than liberal...so it would be hard for the majority of voters to vote for the democrat.
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