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(60,536 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2018, 07:34 PM Oct 2018

Alaska GOP to weigh potential action against Murkowski [View all]

Source: Associated Press

By BECKY BOHRER

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican party leaders plan to consider whether to reprimand U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for opposing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

The party has asked Murkowski to provide any information she might want its state central committee to consider.

Party Chairman Tuckerman Babcock says the committee could decide to issue a statement. Or he says it could withdraw support of Murkowski, encourage party officials to look for a replacement and ask that she not seek re-election as a Republican.

He says the party took that more extreme step previously with state legislators who caucused with Democrats.

Read more: https://apnews.com/93cee785826a467a9f5bad4bcb75980a

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Alaska GOP to weigh potential action against Murkowski [View all] DonViejo Oct 2018 OP

What a sucky Party. Her vote didn't even matter. I thought he was against the confirmation, too. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #1

Fascism is soooo last century. The Party of Palin. And they have no shame. OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #65

Murkowski wasn't their candidate anyway. Indigenous Alaskans voted her in. She needs their support. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #68

'Tuckerman Babcock'...is that a real name? pecosbob Oct 2018 #2

LOL RhodeIslandOne Oct 2018 #25

....later in life Tuckerman FoxNewsSucks Oct 2018 #36

Here's a real photo of the lovely little Tuckerman, followed by 3 more: Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #43

Jeez, they look FoxNewsSucks Oct 2018 #61

She won as a write-in. She should tell them to go f**k a seal. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2018 #3

Exactly. Perhaps it is time for her to consider switching parties still_one Oct 2018 #11

Poor seal ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2018 #29

Can you imagine someone named "Tuckerman Babcock" trying to catch a seal? n/t rzemanfl Oct 2018 #32

Or a homegirl Oct 2018 #69

This sentence is straight out of East Germany circa 1975 Va Lefty Oct 2018 #4

you do realize some here are calling for the same thing to machin, a few weeks before the midterms. still_one Oct 2018 #13

You make an excellent point Va Lefty Oct 2018 #14

while most of us here are not thrilled by Manchin, I think we need to think with our minds and not still_one Oct 2018 #17

Joe Manchin voted to put a serial rapist on the Supreme Court. ZZenith Oct 2018 #34

We know exactly what some are doing here this close to the midterms. A lot of us are still_one Oct 2018 #41

I think he would have .... reACTIONary Oct 2018 #53

They might have if their representative stood before them and forcefully laid out the myriad reasons ZZenith Oct 2018 #55

Maybe.... reACTIONary Oct 2018 #66

There a difference between the official party doing that and a few people on a Autumn Oct 2018 #37

Good Point. n/t MarcA Oct 2018 #44

Those few posters are demanding the same thing that the repuke party in Alaska is still_one Oct 2018 #46

Like I said, the people complaining about Manchin here are not party leaders. Autumn Oct 2018 #49

I understand the complaining and disgust Autumn, I am one of them. However, there are idiots who still_one Oct 2018 #54

sources for "some for forcing M to become a Repub? scipan Oct 2018 #71

more than that---- pangaia Oct 2018 #19

She has a conscience. LibDemAlways Oct 2018 #5

So, why shouldn't Dems give her some cover (reward) watoos Oct 2018 #6

oh for peteys sake. what next!! riversedge Oct 2018 #7

Jeeze, river, don't even ask !!! pangaia Oct 2018 #20

So the Tea Billies from Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #8

Here's an idea....She caucuses with Dems....and creates a 50/50 split in the Senate irresistable Oct 2018 #9

That's the ticket, push her out of the GOP and into being an Independent DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #10

This comes as not surprise. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #12

I really am SO TIRED of REPUBLICANS.... yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #15

This is what is happening, everywhere. pangaia Oct 2018 #16

Are you attempting to install fear or spur action. ZZenith Oct 2018 #35

I am never attempting to install fear. pangaia Oct 2018 #40

I really appreciate your response. ZZenith Oct 2018 #47

No problem. Glad you asked... pangaia Oct 2018 #50

Art is what makes life worth living ZZenith Oct 2018 #51

As a famous composer friend of mine once said, "Play loud and play often, " pangaia Oct 2018 #52

Is this another tail wagging the dog thingy???? Cryptoad Oct 2018 #18

More open retribution from the GOP thug party. ffr Oct 2018 #21

Theres nothing they can do about a vote. Other than primary her. Get over it nt 7962 Oct 2018 #22

Maybe she should switch parties. n/t pnwmom Oct 2018 #23

LOL. They need her a lot more than she needs them. See the last election. PSPS Oct 2018 #24

Fuckers are going to investigate her for exercising her independent judgment The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #26

I don't think she cares. She ran and won as a write-in candidate still_one Oct 2018 #58

Probably not, but what a completely fascist stunt to pull anyhow. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #59

sure it is, but if they are stupid enough to push this before the midterms, after the midterms she still_one Oct 2018 #60

Could she switch if the Senate is 5050? pstokely Oct 2018 #27

Wow, their authoritarianism is showing. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #28

Why Does Anyone Think the Party that Brought Us Sarah Palin Ccarmona Oct 2018 #30

It's all for show. Owl Oct 2018 #31

This is the way they want to run the country. Iliyah Oct 2018 #33

Petulant republicans... Snackshack Oct 2018 #38

Seems they failed once already with that kind of shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #39

When that happened she should have become an independent and caucused with the totodeinhere Oct 2018 #45

If they are smart they will leave her alone. Depending on the election outcome totodeinhere Oct 2018 #42

They continuously blab about independence and freedumb. MarcA Oct 2018 #48

she could run as an Independent and win easily INdemo Oct 2018 #56

She did in 2010, which makes it especially funny that the AK GOP seems to think it has power. Gore1FL Oct 2018 #62

Anti-women grand old pervert party. truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #57

GOP: Party before country, always. sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #63

Keep it up - she'll go I-AK or L-AK, and might caucus with us. Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2018 #64

She should leave the GOP Bradical79 Oct 2018 #67

We should invite her over. What does she want? Buckeyeblue Oct 2018 #70