Alaska, as I have pointed out in the past, is represented in Congress by a Democrat, Representative Mary Peltola; a Republican, Senator Dan Sullivan; and Lisa Murkowski. Senator Murkowski is ostensibly a Republican, but she has a long history of being at odds with the mainstream of the GOP.
Now Senator Murkowski is in the news again, this time as the result of a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday in which she stated her support for former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and said that she “could not” vote for former President Donald Trump.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Saturday she “could not” vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election should he win her party’s nomination again — but that also doesn’t mean she could cross party lines for President Joe Biden, either.
“I could not” vote for Trump, Murkowski said in a…
