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Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« on: July 25, 2025, 08:33:16 am »
Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’

Pam Key 24 Jul 2025

On Thursday, during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) stated that she doesn’t fit well within the contours of the Republican Party because it has become “more of a MAGA party.”

Murkowski said, “I have to be true to the constituents that I serve. And I do think that I have perhaps a little more freedom, if you will. I come from a state that while it is red, I was returned to the United States Senate in 2010 after I lost a primary to a to a Tea Party Republican and I was returned by way of a write in vote. So my base, if you will, is is quite interesting. It is not your typical Republican base, not even close. And so I think you have seen that there is, I think more room for me to work outside of of the party. My allegiance is not to a party. My allegiance is to the people of the state of Alaska. I take that responsibility pretty seriously.”

She continued, “The Republican Party is a different party today than certainly when I registered to vote as a Republican at 18. So, again, I don’t feel like my responsibility is to follow the contours of the Republican Party necessarily, my responsibility when I am here in the Senate is only to a Republican conference. It is certainly not just to a president. My responsibility, my oath is to the Constitution. My responsibility is to Alaskans.

Murkowski added, “I think the Republican Party has changed. I think the Republican Party is more of a MAGA party, and I don’t fit well within those contours. My values are still the same.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/24/murkowski-gop-is-more-of-a-maga-party-and-i-dont-fit-well/
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2025, 08:35:41 am »
Murkowski's constituents are mostly Democrats.  She won her election with their votes, and that's who she's beholden to.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2025, 10:06:57 am »
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I was returned to the United States Senate in 2010 after I lost a primary to a to a Tea Party Republican and I was returned by way of a write in vote.

With the willing and copious aid of Mitch McConnell who will do ANYTHING to torpedo a conservative!
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2025, 03:10:37 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on July 25, 2025, 10:06:57 am
With the willing and copious aid of Mitch McConnell who will do ANYTHING to torpedo a conservative!

I believe it was actually John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who quietly helped Murkowski in 2010 by being passive aggressive and doing the bare mininum to help shut Joe Miller, insuring that she owuld win with Democrat votes.

Flashback:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska

https://rollcall.com/2010/08/30/cornyn-to-miller-nrsc-to-stay-neutral-in-alaska-primary/

https://www.deseret.com/2010/10/31/20149980/gop-leaders-concede-senate-may-be-out-of-reach/

https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2010/08/cornyn-has-to-be-vague-on-alaska-senate-outcome-028797

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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2025, 03:17:53 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on July 25, 2025, 03:10:37 pm
I believe it was actually John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who quietly helped Murkowski in 2010 by being passive aggressive and doing the bare mininum to help shut Joe Miller, insuring that she owuld win with Democrat votes.

Flashback:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska

https://rollcall.com/2010/08/30/cornyn-to-miller-nrsc-to-stay-neutral-in-alaska-primary/

https://www.deseret.com/2010/10/31/20149980/gop-leaders-concede-senate-may-be-out-of-reach/

https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2010/08/cornyn-has-to-be-vague-on-alaska-senate-outcome-028797

Who do you think directed Senator Cornyn to do that? Or do you believe for one second he did it on his own?
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2025, 03:20:10 pm »
Cornyn had, and still has, enough power to do that on his own, but I'm certainly not giving McConnell a pass either.  I just remember back in 2010 to keep Cornyn on my perpetual crap list and wish for the day he finally would get primaried.  It's taken 15 years but it seems like that day of reckoning might finally be arriving soon.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2025, 03:20:22 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on July 25, 2025, 08:35:41 am
Murkowski's constituents are mostly Democrats.  She won her election with their votes, and that's who she's beholden to.

No, it's not that. It's mostly brokering on her name. That name means enough up there that low-info voters just pull for it. they're too busy carving a living to pay attention to national politics.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2025, 03:34:28 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on July 25, 2025, 03:20:10 pm
Cornyn had, and still has, enough power to do that on his own, but I'm certainly not giving McConnell a pass either.  I just remember back in 2010 to keep Cornyn on my perpetual crap list and wish for the day he finally would get primaried.  It's taken 15 years but it seems like that day of reckoning might finally be arriving soon.

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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2025, 03:50:24 pm »
She is what you get with the 'ranked choice voting system'.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2025, 03:59:17 pm »
Senator Murkowski, you didn't fit well when the GOP was a Reaganite party, either.  You are a holdover from the days when there was a Rockerfeller wing of the GOP.  We like you caucusing with us.  Even if you henceforth run as an independent or start your own party, don't caucus with the lunatic Left that has taken over the Democrats.  They don't even have any holdovers from their old anti-Communist wing, at least not in elective office.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2025, 04:41:15 pm »
Nothing wrong with not being a Mega Republican... there is something wrong with being a liberal 1/3 of the time. Lukewarm needs to be spewed.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2025, 04:48:38 pm »
John Fetterman is more of a Republican than Murkowski.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2025, 05:34:52 pm »
Quote from: The_Reader_David on July 25, 2025, 03:59:17 pm
Senator Murkowski, you didn't fit well when the GOP was a Reaganite party, either.  You are a holdover from the days when there was a Rockerfeller wing of the GOP.  We like you caucusing with us.  Even if you henceforth run as an independent or start your own party, don't caucus with the lunatic Left that has taken over the Democrats.  They don't even have any holdovers from their old anti-Communist wing, at least not in elective office.



You took the words right out of my mouth...or keyboard as it were.
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Re: Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2025, 06:06:38 pm »
Murkowski: GOP Is More of a MAGA Party, ‘And I Don’t Fit Well’

So... help me to understand here, lisa...you're saying that you DON'T want America to be great again...?
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