Sen. Lisa Murkowski has long been recognized for her constant dissent within her party and her disapproval of President Donald Trump. In recent remarks now being reported around the mainstream media across the country, she highlighted the pervasive fear among her Republican colleagues regarding potential retaliation from Trump.
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski stated at a summit of nonprofit leaders in Anchorage. She elaborated on the perceived threat of political retaliation, which is the normal part of the political process. She said she feels anxious about using her voice in the current political climate.
“It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right,” she said, as reported by media present.
This contrasts with earlier statements, in which she said she was not afraid, but her colleagues were afraid because they saw what she goes through.
On March 19, she told reporters that her Republican colleagues are “zip-lipped” and “afraid they’re going to be taken down” or “primaried” for opposing Trump or Elon Musk’s policies, particularly those related to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which she has verbally opposed.
“They’re looking at how many things are being thrown at me, and it’s like, ‘Maybe I just better duck and cover,’” she said.
Murkowski’s recent comments reflect a shift from her previous assertiveness to a more cautious approach. She does not come up for reelection until the end of Trump’s presidential term, in 2028.
Murkowski broke away from Trump long ago — even before he won in 2016, when it was clear that she did not vote for him. In 2021, she voted to convict him during his impeachment trial, a vote that she took after he was no longer in office. More recently, she has opposed several of his nominees, and criticized his foreign policy leadership. In 2024, she would not say who she voted for, but did say that she did not vote for Trump.
Why is she so desperate for attention recently? It’s getting pathetic.
Perhaps DOGE needs to investigate Murkowski for any financial ties between NGO’s and members of her family or friends. Why else would she be afraid of DOGE’s efforts at exposing fraud and corruption in government?
Lisa is desperate.
That Lisa, quite a leader… Someone to aspire to, not.
Sounds like Princess is worried they will expose her nefarious agenda! Talk about having a serious case of TDS!
Breathlessly awaiting symptoms of Murkowski Derangement Syndrome to manifest themselves in the comment section.
Trump Devotion Syndrome and Murkowski Derangement Syndrome go hand in hand.
I’d be very interested to see a list of the NGO’s that attended this event.
We = Wacko Democrats and those people hopelessly afflicted with TDS. Nancy and I aren’t in that group……yet. But if Lisa keeps up with her insane Democrat rhetoric, we might have to leave Wrangell. We are also afraid Trump might find us and cancel our huge government pensions.
I’m a veteran, so I’m not afriad, but I am concerned. I’m concerned about Trump’s incoherent actions that hurts the markets. I’m concerend about his tax increases being highy inflationary- and what that does to the economy.
Trump has admitted his tariffs are a tax- and he openly talks about using tariffs as taxes and as a replacement for other federal taxes.
Finally I’m concerned about what Trump is going to cost us in the mid terms. I don’t want Nancy Pelosi to stain the speaker’s position ever again.
Lisa just needs to go away, that’s the nicest thing I can say about her…
Republicans like Mitch O’Connell?? 🤣
I have no faith in so called leadership who are afraid of everything. I want strong leadership that is not manipulated by fear. Those who live in fear make poor choices just like people who are afraid of high speed traffic should never be behind the steering wheel.
Lisa needs to resign and let someone of strength and integrity take her place.
If confronted with danger, I would prefer someone who can stand and be brave and make rational decisions, not someone who shivers and shakes and can be paralyzed into inaction.
We saw what weak and fearful leadership did during the pandemic. They pushed masks, ridiculous social distancing and untested toxic chemical injections. Strong leadership would embolden people to boost their immune systems and face the challenge with bravery.
The fearful are weak and pathetic and deserve no place near political power structures.
It is time for the fearful to retire to their couch and watch reruns of Wheel of Fortune and let the strong lead this country once again.
Well said, The fear of the feckless Republicans. They are afraid of their own shadows they are all carrot no stick. They show us the Evil and corruptions then talk talk talk, then nothing. completely worthless cowards. You want to know what will kill us in the Mid terms? it is the inaction against all these criminals!
Well written; as iluminating Lisa’s true intent as always opaque, hell my fly line shots straighter than her conduct in total, not withstanding those facial expressions of one who requires a thorough ‘psych eval’. Alaskans arise, please!
Some of the “conservation” NGO’s have become, like in the parable of the prodigal son, “fatted calves” because of Biden admin tactics. In California, instead of having the US Forest Service do the proposal prep and sale administration for numerous post-fire salvage projects as well as timber stand improvement (TSI-fuel reduction) projects, the feckless Biden administration had various NGOs do this work. This created a double administration set up where the USFS had to help and coach conservation NGOs like the Mule Deer Foundation and the National Forest Association while these NGOs received huge funding to do this work. The NGOs hired all sorts of on the ground facilitators and contract administrators to do work that USFS employees could have and should have done. Obviously, this was a political ploy contrived by Biden’s handlers. It would be interesting to know if these are the NGOs our senior senator is worried about.
What an insult to any ‘colleagues’ to assume what they are thinking. I would say the ‘we’ might be her left leaning comrades who cannot see the proverbial forest through the trees. She really needs to be retired.