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Tom Rinaldo

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45. I actually have some degree of respect for Lisa Murkowski

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 08:42 AM

Dec 2022

Of course I would never support her against any decent competitive Democrat, the best thing I can say about her politics is that she is a centrist in a party of right wingers. But she does sometimes stand up against her party on issues that she cares about. Collins I don't really respect, but I acknowledge that she is not one of the really bad ones. I will always give Romney some credit for voting to impeach Trump twice, but he has disappointed me time and again for not being a strong enough voice within the Republican Party against Trump, He could have been a real leader.

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