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Confirmed: The Four Anti-American RINOs Revealed Themselves by Opposing the SAVE America Act

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There is a particular species of Republican senator whose entire political identity depends on the illusion of principled independence. They vote with the party often enough to retain the label, but they reliably surface at precisely those moments when the conservative base has something real on the line. Early Thursday morning, four of them showed their faces again, and nobody should pretend to be surprised.

Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky joined every Senate Democrat to sink Sen. John Kennedy’s effort to attach a version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to the GOP’s immigration enforcement funding package. The amendment failed 48 to 50. The vote confirmed what everyone who has been paying attention already knew. The names were not a mystery. They are the same four senators Majority Leader John Thune has spent months shielding from any vote that might expose them.

The SAVE America Act, in the form Kennedy pushed, would have directed the Senate Rules Committee to draft legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register and vote in federal elections, limiting voting to Election Day, mandating ballots be counted within 36 hours, and capping implementation at $10 billion. In other words, it would have done exactly what every honest poll of the American people shows they want.

Sens. Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitch McConnell joined Senate Democrats to kill Sen. John Kennedy’s attempt to attach the SAVE America Act to the GOP immigration enforcement funding bill.

The amendment failed 48-50 during the Senate’s overnight “vote-a-rama” process.

Kennedy’s version would have required proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, limited voting to Election Day, mandated 36-hour ballot counting, and set a $10 billion implementation ceiling. (Read more from “Confirmed: The Four Anti-American RINOs Revealed Themselves by Opposing the SAVE America Act” HERE)

Murkowski Really Doesn’t Want To Take ‘Big Hammer’ To Biden’s Massive Climate Bill

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Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is working to preserve some provisions of former President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill as Republicans look for savings to pay for their reconciliation package, according to Politico.

Murkowski suggested that her party should be “taking a more cautious and conscientious approach” to repealing the bill instead of taking a “big hammer” to the green energy credits included in Biden’s trillion-dollar Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Politico reported. The IRA, which received no votes from Republicans in Congress in 2022, is facing major cuts as Republicans look for possible savings to fund President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

As part of the proposed GOP budget bill to advance the Trump administration’s priorities, House Republicans plan to cut billions in clean energy subsidies implemented during the previous administration, including credits for electric vehicles, “green” household products like heat pumps and energy-saving doors and windows.

Credits for hydrogen production, as well as advanced manufacturing and nuclear power production would be phased out, dividing right-of-center energy policy analysts. The bill also seeks to end “transferability,” which allows project sponsors to transfer the credit to a third party, and crack down on the ability of Chinese companies to benefit from the subsidies.

“I’m pretty sure that there would be a fair number on that list, on the House side, who are hoping against hope that we in the Senate will work to soften that,” Murkowski told Politico. She was one of four Republican senators who asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune in April to preserve certain energy tax credits in the IRA. (Read more from “Murkowski Really Doesn’t Want To Take ‘Big Hammer’ To Biden’s Massive Climate Bill” HERE)

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Lisa Murkowski Panic Over Accountability to Voters for Blocking Trump Picks: ‘Don’t Get On Santa’s Naughty List or We Will Primary You’

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, expressed deep concerns about facing accountability for her opposition to Trump’s cabinet nominees, during her participation in the controversial No Labels National Meeting.

Her remarks, dripping with alarm and self-pity, laid bare her growing fear of primary challenges from conservative voters fed up with RINO lawmakers undermining the MAGA agenda. . .

During the meeting, Murkowski seemed rattled by the prospect of being held accountable for her obstructionist actions.

“I think it’s going to be hard, quite honestly,” Murkowski lamented last Thursday’s event.

“I think it’s going to be hard in these next four years because you have an administration coming in that has had an opportunity to see how things work, what didn’t work.

(Read more from “Lisa Murkowski Panic Over Accountability to Voters for Blocking Trump Picks: ‘Don’t Get On Santa’s Naughty List or We Will Primary You'” HERE)

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Lisa Murkowski Refuses to Back Trump, Thinking About Leaving GOP

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, aghast at Donald Trump’s candidacy and the direction of her party, won’t rule out bolting from the GOP.

The veteran Alaska Republican, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial amid the aftermath of January 6, 2021, is done with the former president and said she “absolutely” would not vote for him.

“I wish that as Republicans, we had … a nominee that I could get behind,” Murkowski told CNN. “I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”

. . . Asked if she would become an independent, Murkowski said: “Oh, I think I’m very independent minded.” And she added: “I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.”

Pressed on if that meant she might become an independent, Murkowski said: “I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let’s just leave it at that.” (Read more from “Lisa Murkowski Refuses to Back Trump, Thinking About Leaving GOP” HERE)

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America Last: 12 Senate Republicans, Including Murkowski and Sullivan, Vote to Send Ukraine Another $60B After Vowing to Put U.S. Border First

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This week, 17 Senate Republicans joined Democrats to approve sending Ukraine another $60 billion. Twelve of those Republicans previously suggested they would not help send Ukraine any more American taxpayer money until the United States’s border was secure from illegal immigration.

On Thursday, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN) joined every Senate Democrat excluding Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to send billions more in taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.

The money, if approved by the House, will fund weapons and military training, among other things, for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Twelve of those Republicans who voted for the Ukraine funding, coupled with $14.1 billion for Israel in its war with Hamas, previously suggested to the media that they would not support more funding for Ukraine until America’s own southern border was secure.”So in order for our national security interests to be served, we must have a four-prong approach here. Israel, the border, Ukraine, and Taiwan,” Capito said in December 2023, for example, while Cassidy said, “We got to support our allies, but we got to secure our own border first and the Biden administration has not done so” the same month.

Similarly, in December 2023, Ernst said, ”The issue is not Ukraine, and it’s not President Zelensky. It’s our own national security at our southern border” and Collins called reforms at the southern border an “absolutely essential part” of any funding package that includes more money for Ukraine. (Read more from “America Last: 12 Senate Republicans, Including Murkowski and Sullivan, Vote to Send Ukraine Another $60B After Vowing to Put U.S. Border First” HERE)

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Murkowski Claims She Was Duped by Pro-Life, Anti-Tranny Trump Judge

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is upset that a controversial Trump-appointed judge concealed his involvement in an article attacking abortion rights and transgender people during his confirmation hearing, reported POLITICO on Wednesday.

District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Amarillo, Texas, whom Murkowski had voted to confirm at the time, is responsible for the ruling that suspends the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, which happened over two decades ago and is threatening to upend abortion access even in states that still allow the procedure.

“A Washington Post report that he switched out his name on an article not disclosed during his confirmation process criticizing Obama administration policies on abortion and transgender people has the Alaska Republican hopping mad,” reported Burgess Everett. “‘You want to talk about the ultimate bait and switch? I feel like I got duped. I feel like voted for somebody based on what had been presented to me. And you do this? That is totally, totally wrong,’ Murkowski said in an interview on Wednesday.”

“When he was confirmed, he received no Democratic support and further opposition from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). If the same vote were held today, you can probably bet Murkowski would have joined them,” said the report. “‘Do I feel good about my vote on this judge now having learned how he was able to get a path to his confirmation because he perhaps didn’t honestly disclose that? That to me is as troubling as anything else’ Murkowski asked rhetorically. She said when it comes to judicial nominees, ‘I hold you to a higher standard than if you’re gonna be a deputy undersecretary for housing. I just, I do.'” (Read more from “Murkowski Claims She Was Duped by Pro-Life, Anti-Tranny Trump Judge” HERE)

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Murkowski Takes Lead Over Tshibaka in Alaska Senate Race

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Incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, has claimed a slim lead over Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, according to the updated results from the Alaska Division of Elections.

On the morning of Nov. 18, with 95 percent of the ballots counted, Tshibaka was ahead with 104,898 votes (43.28 percent) compared to 104,470 (43.11 percent) for Murkowski, according to the Associated Press.

The Alaska Division of Elections’ report that was released on the evening on Nov. 18 showed Murkowski with 112,519 votes (43.32 percent) and Tshibaka at 110,861 (42.68 percent). Democrat Patricia Chesbro followed with 26,874 votes (10.35 percent).

Republican Buzz Kelley, who dropped out of the race in September and backed Tshibaka but still appeared on the ballot, occupied the fourth spot with 7,484 votes (2.88 percent). (Read more from “Murkowski Takes Lead Over Tshibaka in Alaska Senate Race” HERE)

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Lisa Murkowski Supports Codifying Roe at Debate

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RINO Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voiced her support for codifying Roe v. Wade at the Alaskan U.S. Senate debate on Thursday.

“I do support the codification of Roe v. Wade. I recognize that we cannot go backward in time 50 years when it comes to a woman’s right to determine her own reproductive health and health care,” Murkowski said.

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Here’s Why the Alaska GOP Has Had It With Mitch McConnell

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It’s a symbolic vote that illustrates the discontent among conservatives with the Republican leadership in Washington. The Alaskan GOP censured Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his support of incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who has been a perpetual thorn in the side of Senate Republicans. Murkowski is navigating her re-election bid through the state’s new ranked-choice voting system, which significantly benefits her. The Alaska Republican was mulling not running for a fourth term, given how the Republican base has changed and the Trump ascendancy, the latter of which she reportedly loathes so much she’s considered leaving the party. It would have been a better choice had she left, but she’s now facing Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro in the general election (via WaPo):

The Alaska Republican Party voted Monday to censure Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a gesture with no practical consequence but one that is intended to send a strong signal to conservative voters in the state to vote for Donald Trump-backed candidate Kelly Tshibaka over Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

The McConnell-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund has spent more than $5 million in ads attacking Tshibaka in a bid to help Murkowski win reelection. . .

Tshibaka, who has also been backed by the Alaska GOP, accused McConnell of lying about her to get more Republicans to vote for Murkowski.

(Read more from “Here’s Why the Alaska GOP Has Had It With Mitch McConnell” HERE)

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Alaska Republicans Call on Kentucky GOP to Censure Mitch McConnell Over Party Interference

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Alaska Republicans are calling on the Kentucky GOP to formally censure Sen. Mitch McConnell for the bluegrass senator’s interference in the Alaskan Senate contest against the party-endorsed candidate.

On Thursday, the Alaskan Republican Party’s District 9 central committee passed a resolution to condemn the Senate minority leader’s spending on behalf of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The incumbent senator running for a fourth full term in the upper chamber is locked in a tight contest against Donald Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka, who is also endorsed by the Alaskan Republican Party.

McConnell’s super PAC to reclaim the majority, the Senate Leadership Fund, is spending heavily in the race between two Republicans, which the latest polls show is a tied match. According to the Anchorage Daily News, McConnell’s political operation has poured more than $7 million into the Alaskan contest instead of using that money towards ripe pick-up opportunities in Nevada and Arizona.

“We request the Senate Leadership Fund immediately stop the attack ads against Kelly Tshibaka and discontinue all support of Senator Murkowski,” District 9 Republicans demanded. Their resolution went on to demand Kentucky GOP leadership censure their senator for meddling in Alaska’s party affairs while the minority leader abandons efforts at capturing the majority.

“We request the Republican Party of Kentucky leadership act against Senator Mitch McConnell for his inappropriate behavior against Alaska Republicans and Republican endorsed candidate Kelly Tshibaka,” the Alaska Republicans wrote. (Read more from “Alaska Republicans Call on Kentucky GOP to Censure Mitch McConnell Over Party Interference” HERE)

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