After GOP Sen. Murkowski says she's 'struggling' over whether she can support Trump, president vows
After GOP Sen. Murkowski says she's 'struggling' over whether she can support Trump, president vows to campaign against her
Christal Hayes
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Amid widespread protests and outrage over President Donald Trump's response, one Republican senator said she is struggling over whether she can support the president in November.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in an extraordinary back-and-forth with reporters at the U.S. Capitol Thursday, backed the public condemnation of the president offered by his former Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, who said Trump was a threat to American democracy and aimed only to divide the country.
Murkowski called Mattis' comments "true, and honest, and necessary and overdue," adding that his words led her to believe that "perhaps we are getting to a point where we can be more honest with the concerns that we might hold internally and have the courage of our own convictions to speak up."
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"Few people know where theyll be in two years from now, but I do, in the Great State of Alaska (which I love) campaigning against Senator Lisa Murkowski," Trump wrote Thursday evening. "Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I dont care, Im endorsing. If you have a pulse, Im with you!"
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True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Lisa is terrified! Most do not want Trump campaigning for them.
Didnt Lisa lose as a Republican last time and run as an Independent? One more step,Lisa,over the the good side.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)And after all the crimes he's committed , and still struggles shows she's incapable of serving the people , and performing her sworn duties. There is no place in our Government for politicians that refuse to hold people accountable, and allow this to take place. She will have to live with what she's done, which has led to all these failures trump has caused, and all the damage he's done , and is doing still. Her failure to stop this from continuing now will not be forgotten. Vote people. She and others could stop this now, by her and others going to the Democrats side ousting McConnell and taking control from trump and McConnell in the Senate. She knows this but puts trump and mitch ahead of this country and the American people. I'm done with her excuses now.
3Hotdogs
(12,372 posts)Maybe she should have a tea with Susan to see if she should also be concerned.
ConstanceCee
(314 posts)She needs to change parties and tell voters in Alaska why.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)Cannot make up her fucking mind? She shouldn't run again if she can't take the moral high ground. Goddamn her.