Trump said earlier this year that he would not support Murkowski in next year’s election, even promising to travel to The Last Frontier to campaign against the woman he called a “disloyal and very bad Senator.”
Friday’s statement mimicked the former president’s earlier speech, claiming that Murkowski “is bad for Alaska” and vowing to advocate for Tshibaka.
“Her vote to confirm Biden’s Interior Secretary [Deb Haaland] was a vote to kill long sought for, and approved, ANWR, and Alaska jobs,” the statement read. “Murkowski has got to go! Kelly Tshibaka is the candidate who can beat Murkowski—and she will.
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“Kelly is a fighter who stands for Alaska values and America First,” Trump continued. “She is MAGA all the way, pro-energy, strong on the Border, tough on Crime and totally supports our Military and our great Vets. Kelly is a powerful supporter of the Second Amendment and JOBS! I look forward to campaigning in Alaska for Kelly Tshibaka. She has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
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“I am honored, excited, and grateful to have the support of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” said Tshibaka, the former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration, in a statement to The Hill. “To have his strong endorsement is great news for our campaign and even better news for the people of Alaska, because it means we will be getting our Senate seat back from Lisa Murkowski.”
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Trump’s statement did not cite that Murkowski was one of seven GOP senators to vote to convict him earlier this year on a single count of inciting insurrection in relation to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol. Murkowski is the only one of those seven to come up for reelection next year.
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“If months of lies, organizing a rally of supporters in an effort to thwart the work of Congress, encouraging a crowd to march on the Capitol, and then taking no meaningful action to stop the violence once it began is not worthy of impeachment, conviction, and disqualification from holding office in the United States, I cannot imagine what is,” Murkowski said in a statement justifying her vote.
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Trump obtained Alaska by 15 and 10 percentage points in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, individually. In addition, the Alaska Republican Party voted to excoriate Murkowski over her impeachment trial vote and vowed to both recruit a primary challenger and prevent Murkowski from running as a Republican to the extent legally possible.
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