Dems hatch plan to immediately force Murkowski to answer for 'selling out'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

July 1, 2025 9:54PM ET


Alaska Democrats have hatched a plan to target Republicans like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for voting to pass President Donald Trump's budget bill on Tuesday.

The state caucus plans to hold an emergency town hall on Wednesday to hold Republicans accountable for passing the bill and "let the people of Alaska know exactly how Murkowski and [Sen. Dan] Sullivan (R-AK) sold them out," according to an advisory shared with Notus.

"Following Murkowski selling out the people of Alaska to give billionaires another tax break, Democrats are holding vulnerable House Republicans and Senate Republicans accountable for supporting the Trump/Murkowski budget proposal," the advisory reads in part.

CNN reported Tuesday that Murkowski traded her support for the budget bill to secure a number of technical provisions in the bill.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/lisa-murkowski-2672528909/

---

Link to NOTUS report - Democrats Are Already Campaigning on Lisa Murkowski’s Reconciliation Vote

(Note this is "Democrats" in terms of the Alaska Democratic party elected officials)

[Irish_Dem]

1. I wonder how it feels today to be considered one of the most evil people in the US?

Do any of the GOP senators even give a damn what people think about them?

[johnnyfins]

3. Of course they don't

Phony Murkowski will just continue to say that her only job is to take care of Alaskans.

[Irish_Dem]

7. She is a federal senator and all US taxpayers pay her damn salary.

Let Alaska pay for her.

[Quanto Magnus]

32. Not in the slightest

they only care what the cult leader thinks...

[Irish_Dem]

33. And they care about their own power and wealth.

[Omnipresent]

2. She is coming from a place where they gave her a few things for Alaska and aside from that.

She is pretty much terrified about being on trumps shitlist.
She spoke about that fact a few months ago.

[johnnyfins]

4. Then resign

Let someone with a little courage to do what's right have a chance.

Too much money involved, Lisa?

[Omnipresent]

6. I know

The politics her daddy faced, were less severe. She isn’t cut out to be an elected official. She certainly isn’t working towards getting a ‘Profiles in Courage’ award.

[calimary]

29. THIS!!! RESIGN, Lisa!

You’re not “helping” ANYBODY you “represent” by caving to trump. He’s just gonna come back for MORE concessions, with MORE THREATS and INTIMIDATION TACTICS.

I bet he that’s how he ran his real estate “empire” and how he’s always treated people who didn’t fall to their knees for him and give him anything he demanded.

Satan’s probably building an eighth level of Hell just for him. It’ll be big and full of phony “gold” paint and trappings - and he’ll be completely ALONE in there. No servants, no staff, nobody in the kitchen for him to order around. No maids or cleaning crews. AND nothing with which to clean or disinfect. ALONE. And no phones or tablets or any “public manipulation tools” to play with, to use for publicity, domination, and/or humiliation purposes, since no publicists are included either. And not a “babe” in sight. Nor animals nor birds or any other living things except bugs and packs of rats that bite. Just him (the king of ALL bugs and vermin) left ALONE. In a gawdy bug-infested, increasingly filthy palace-of-poor-taste. Forced to figure out how to cope - ALONE.

He won’t even have Satan to play with because Satan took (or took over) anything that might ever have had any kind of value, and disappeared. That’s the real “bottom line”.

[Irish_Dem]

34. Yep she is worried about her pocketbook.

[kacekwl]

5. Tough shit. If you are too scared

to do your job get the fuck out. The Republican party is the perfect party to have in place when your goal is to turn over the country to Putin. Weak kneed spineless cowards.

[Omnipresent]

8. Her constituents generally love guns...

They also love trump and her to a lesser extent if she doesn’t do what trump says.

[travelingthrulife]

10. You would think they would question their actions if they have to fear for their lives because of MAGA.

[Irish_Dem]

35. Yes. Many Americans have dangerous jobs.

When they go to work in the morning, they don't know if they will be home for dinner or not.

But our illustrious leaders cower in fear and cannot say one negative word about Dear Leader.

They are yellow bellied cowards and traitors.

[raccoon]

14. Unless she was lying about that too.

[Irish_Dem]

36. Most of the GOP leaders agree with Trump. They are not afraid of him at all.

They are getting huge bribes and permanent power.
And like the destruction of the US and killing Americans.

Psychopaths are in power and love it.

[Pinback]

22. I'm sure there were threats,

either direct or strongly implied.

[Irish_Dem]

37. In most jobs you are expected to do your job in spite of threats and danger.

You cannot sit around crying about the danger and giving in to the threats.

[kerouac2]

9. Trump won Alaska by 13+ pts

Which was higher than 2020. They don't give a crap and she knows it. They are more than happy with her seeming to put their state first because they are as selfish and hateful as all the other Republicans in this country.

[gab13by13]

11. I am laughing my ass off

After the horse is out of the barn, Alaskan Democrats are holding a town hall and putting faces on what the Big Ugly Death Bill will do to devastate its citizens.

Fucking amazing. Democrats in every state should have done town halls based on the issues with actual people on stage to tell their stories how the Big Ugly Death Bill will devastate them.

I got next to no support for this idea, and yes I know that Democrats held town halls but not the kind that I am talking about.

Pretty soon the only thing left will be GOTV.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Well Alaska has a geography problem

[Tribetime]

27. I'm sorry but I find nothing funny about this

[gab13by13]

13. I assume that people who post that

if Murkowski fears Krasnov, she should resign, never got death threats themselves?

I spoke truth to power 50 years ago in my small town and I got death threats, it is a scary situation, I had many sleepless nights.

I did not back down though, I got the townspeople behind me, I got the newspapers to cover our cause, (some newspapers boycotted our group). I got the Fish Commission involved. My group did all this when we knew that the law for fracking and mining was on the side of the powerful people.

Do not underestimate the fact that Krasnov governs by fear and it isn't just Congressional Magats who fear him. Remember way back when Mitt Romney took on Krasnov, voted against Krasnov? He had to hire personal security to protect him.

[kacekwl]

30. Again, tough shit. if that is the way YOUR party

chooses to govern then switch parties, resign, and expose the threats.

[et tu]

15. yes! go dems

shout it from the roof tops and mountain peaks
resist and resist again again and again. be heard
even if the msm doesn't want to report what you
are doing, stay bold and loud. need more~

[Wonder Why]

16. You mean they are upset about the senator who sold out her country to help her re-election?

That's nothing new. all those traitors, cowards, weasels, and invertebrates (those creatures with no spine), do that on a regular basis.

There's a name for them - Republican officeholders

[BumRushDaShow]

18. She is not even up this year (her last election was 2022)

(Susan Collins is up in 2026 though)

A lot of her support comes from the indigenous community who despite whatever "deal" she made, would probably be impacted significantly.

[Tetrachloride]

17. The way to appeal to Alaskans is to be Alaskan. For those who have never been off the cruise ship,

now would be a good time to take a lesson. Alaskans feel some kinship with Hawaii and a little bit with Seattle.

A lot of Alaskans feel they don't fit it in with the Lower 48.

Moreover, Alaska's strategic location and strategic resources are not valued by most. Airline companies do.

Fill in the blank or let Lisa Murkowski do it for you.

For those of you who believe in blue wall strategy and not the 50 state strategy, you got what you paid for.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Well don't forget that AK briefly had Mary Peltola for a Rep.

(and thankfully NOT Caribou Barbie)

But Peltola ended up dealing with tragedy (death of her husband) and then many of her positions advocating for AK natives, were considered "contrary" to typical (D) policy positions. So one cannot keep trying to force-fit certain monolithic "messages" in different regions where some of those "messages" will only land with a "thud".

[Tetrachloride]

21. Agree. Ethnocentricity for the loss.

[bronxiteforever]

24. Alaska voted for the Democratic candidate for POTUS

one time. Since the 1964 election, Alaska has been won by the Republican Party in every presidential election. Alaskans feel a strong affinity to the GOP and the fossil fuel industry. You left out the energy industries when you said Alaskan resources are not valued by most. Oil and gas interests are a major player in the nation’s politics.

Party Registration (as of March 2025)
Party Registered Voters Percentage
Alaskan Independence Party 19,219 7.87%
Alaska Democratic Party 72,992 29.89%
Alaska Libertarian Party 6,309 2.58%
Alaska Republican Party 145,637 59.65%

Wikipedia quoting
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/statistics/2025/MAR/VOTERS%20BY%20PARTY%20AND%20PRECINCT%20Post%20LM%20Purge.htm

[Tetrachloride]

26. I did take some shortcuts as well all do in these posts.

I try to post the stuff which is less appreciated.

[SupportSanity]

20. Crapping on America might have consequences? After getting away with it, we get to slap her wrist?

Publicly shaming her? I'm definitely okay with that. It just seems so little for the damage that she's done by voting for the crap bill. And then saying that she'd like someone else to clean it up for her. Arrrrgggghhhh!!!!!

[TheFarseer]

23. Hold ALL Republicans accountable

Not just vulnerable ones. A competing voice would be more impactful than you think in these ultra red counties. If some of these counties went 70-30 republican instead of 80-20, that would make a huge difference in state wide elections. So more town halls etc in red districts!

[tavernier]

25. She could have walked in a hero's shoes

for the rest of her life. McCain deserved that title for many reasons. She chose instead to swim in mud and blood.

[azureblue]

28. it won't make a difference to her

at all. She betrayed the people of AK for $$. Nothing can be done to reverse that betrayal, short of impeaching her and removing her from office. But even that takes time so she can sit on her nest egg and kiss Trump's ass when he asks for it.

[republianmushroom]

31. She played both Dems and republicans like a master

plays a fine tuned violin.