Posted on 03/07/2021 1:42:13 PM PST by bitt
Former President Trump vowed to travel to Alaska to campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) next year as she seeks reelection.
Murkowski, who first took office in 2002, has been a longtime critic of the former president and top GOP wild card in recent votes. She bucked her party this week by announcing she’d back Rep. Deb Haaland’s (D-N.M.) nomination to serve as Interior secretary, and she was one of seven Senate Republicans to vote to convict Trump in his impeachment trial last month.
She is the only one of the seven seeking reelection in 2022.
"I will not be endorsing, under any circumstances, the failed candidate from the great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski. She represents her state badly and her country even worse. I do not know where other people will be next year, but I know where I will be — in Alaska campaigning against a disloyal and very bad Senator," Trump said in a statement to The Hill. "Her vote to advance radical left democrat Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior is yet another example of Murkowski not standing up for Alaska."
The threat marks the latest indication that Trump plans to heavily insert himself into 2022 races across the country.
Republicans predict that Trump will cast himself as a kingmaker in the GOP moving forward as he mulls a 2024 bid of his own. While he’s seen his approval rating nationally dip since the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill, his endorsement is still coveted by Republican candidates eager to endear themselves with a grassroots that overwhelmingly still backs the former president.
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Go north. The rush is on.
Trump is better off campaigning in KY against The Turtle hand-picked replacement. Murky is a shoo-in folks.
“...Murky is a shoo-in folks.”
Maybe she was a shoo in!!
It’s what I love about Trump - he’s a fighter! Never gives up, and we need him more than ever.
Wow! Wonderful! She’s a terrible embarrassment in the senate.
She is an attention whore.... “LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, I MIGHT VOTE FOR OR MIGHT VOTE AGAINST... I WILL MAKE UP MY MIND...SEE ME ON CNN”. She must have not been chosen cheerleader or homecoming queen or anything in high school or college.
Is there a viable and approoriate challenger?
Murkowski and Cheney will be funded by Soros frontmen. Trump needs to first take out Soros. Sure he has a dossier on the communist.
It is a joke to assume that Murkowski is either viable or appropriate.
It is especially laughable to think that she is both viable and appropriate at the same time. We need to stop worshiping republicans when they have a consistent record of attacking us.
lol. It’ll be over before the midterms. Manchin is caving on the filibuster.
Trump IS a fighter and now he has a lot of free time.
I adamantly oppose this. Murkowski is strong on gun rights and we already lost to her once playing this game back in 2010 and we're lucky we didn't lose her seat to a democrat like we did with Lugar's seat in 2012. This is petty revenge politics and it's a mistake.
Manchin is a straight up LYING POS!! He also lied to the American people about his vote for the CV19 bill!!
SO we hold onto a HUGE RINO over ONE stinking issue REALLY!! The woman is an UTTER POS for the Republican Party!,
lol. I told you this was going to happen.
you should have never put yourself in the situation of having to trust a Democrat to be honest.
maybe you can trade her in for warnock’s militant cousin. it worked so well in GA, and all.
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