US EditionMurkowski Says Her Colleagues Are Afraid of Trump
- Senator Lisa Murkowski criticized Elon Musk for the mass firing of federal employees during a speech to the Alaska legislature, stating that these terminations are unlawful.
- Murkowski expressed concern that her fellow Republicans are afraid to criticize Trump or Musk due to potential retribution, indicating a chilling effect on political discourse.
- Murkowski emphasized the importance of due process, arguing that even gang members should have their rights respected under the Constitution.
- Murkowski warned that failing to uphold the rule of law could lead the country toward a constitutional crisis and urged her colleagues to assert their authority.
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Murkowski Calls Out Her Colleagues For Abandoning Their Constitutional Duties
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is known as one of a few left in the Republican Party in 2025 who is not an unabated Donald Trump sycophant. She’s been willing to criticize Trump while working alongside her colleagues in the Senate to help pass elements of his agenda, both in the first administration and now. That record is complicated by the fact that she sometimes criticizes things she ultimately votes for or at least helps pass, like her infamous …
GOP Senator admits fear of Trump 2.0: "We are all afraid"
Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said the quiet part out loud, admitting that she and her GOP colleagues "are all afraid." "We are all afraid," she said on stage at The Foraker Group's annual leadership summit in Anchorage, after someone in the audience had asked if there was fear of Trump 2.0 in the Republican party. — Read the rest The post GOP Senator admits fear of Trump 2.0: "We are all afraid" appeared first on Boing Boing.
Senator Lisa Murkowski is regarded by the American Republicans as the chief critic of Donald Trump. She clearly dictates him for his approach to Vladimir Putin.
GOP lawmakers have 'every incentive to back Trump' — even on ideas they 'privately disdain'
When President Richard Nixon was facing Watergate-related articles of impeachment in 1974, he talked to Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona) to see how things might go in an impeachment trial. Goldwater, one of the most prominent figures in the conservative movement at the time, was blunt — letting Nixon know that he would likely be a "guilty" vote. Nixon, feeling that he had become politically toxic even in his own party, gave his resignation speec…
Murkowski Says GOP Lawmakers Cower in Fear of Trump and Musk - WhoWhatWhy
Most Republican lawmakers are enthusiastic supporters of Donald Trump and whatever it is that he and Elon Musk are turning the United States into. As we have documented repeatedly, many of them go the extra mile to appease Dear Leader(s) with banana republic-worthy demonstrations of adulation. This is especially true in the case of all of the “lawmakers” who entered Congress since Trump first took office. However, there are still plenty of Repub…
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