Posted on 01/22/2021 1:39:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Friday said she would not switch parties as she revealed she didn’t vote for President Donald Trump.
A longtime moderate who is out of line with some conservative views, Murkowski was a frequent Trump critic who has expressed an openness to convicting him on the recently passed article of impeachment and called for him to resign. Trump remains popular among Republican voters and is considered by some the head of the Republican Party despite his loss in the 2020 election.
“I can be very discouraged at times with things that go on in my own caucus, in my own party,” Murkowski told reporters on Friday, according to Politico. “But I have absolutely no desire to move over to the Democratic side of the aisle. I can’t be somebody that I’m not.”
Murkowski, who is up for reelection in 2022, survived during the 2010 election after losing in the Republican primary by running in the general election anyways and winning the most votes.
“Now, some of the Republicans will say, you are not really one of us. Let’s define: What is the Republican Party nowadays? Now there’s an interview for you. But really, where are we, the Republican Party? Who really exemplifies the heart of the party right now?” Murkowski told reporters in Washington. “In many ways, we are a party that is really struggling to identify.”
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), perhaps the most moderate Democratic senator, also said recently he wouldn’t switch parties.
“I don’t think the Democrats will throw me out. Do you think? I’m not sure. Where are they going to throw me? I’m a good old West Virginia conservative Democrat,” Manchin said on Fox News.
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Murkowski needs to primaried badly - she can be taken out
Yay?
Ha ha ha what a JOKE!
Nope, she’s more useful to the Democrats as a Mole in the Republican party.
One thing is to say that you will not become a Democrat.
Another thing is to become an independent but caucus with the Democrats as Bernie Sanders did.
No Great loss for conservatives.Since she doesn’t know what a conservative is. Loss for the GOPe. Thats true it will hurt them but she’s been a crossover Rat for a long time. Did nothing to help Alaska.
Doesn’t matter now... her party affiliation no longer matters. Hopefully she will stay a republican so that she loses.
one more in a long list of reasons to say “F#%K the GOP!”
Yes!
That was tried, she still won!
She is a piece of snake shit from the swamp.
The sooner she leaves, the better!
Our Alaskan friends need to remember she helped kick Trump in the a$$ on the way out the door.
If she did, she knew she was gone.
Now, it’s only slightly in questions that she’s going to get primaried and defeated.
She might as well go ahead and switch parties. She’s too far left for the GOP as it is, and she’ll never be comfortable or be accepted in a Trump Patriot Party.
If she votes to impeach she is the enemy. 10 Republicans have forfeited for 2022 with their idiotic vote, don’t be #11.
Hi Lisa, I just wanted to drop you a line. Hows everything going in D.C.? I heard there was talk that your constituents aren’t very pleased.
Anyway, I just wanted to say I can see 2022 from my front porch swing. See ya soon.
Sincerly,
Sarah Palin.
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