After the conviction of Donald Trump in New York City, Rep. Mary Peltola was asked a simple question: What did she think about it?
She turned on her heels, left her Democrat colleague and said “gotta go.” She went back into the safety of her offices in Washington, D.C. She just wouldn’t respond to any question about the May 30 conviction.
Now, she says she is a victim, approached and “heckled by random men/political trackers, like the one below who followed me last week.”
Here’s the full context of the actual exchange in early June with the Townhall conservative news site, which she falsely claimed was last week:
In her letter to potential donors, she used a screen shot from the video from nearly three months ago, right after the conviction.
It was a simple question, and if it had been Congressman Don Young strolling outside the Capitol, where reporters are everywhere, he would have told the reporter what he actually thought.
But Peltola fibbed about the incident, because that fit her victimhood narrative.
Last week, Congress was not even in session, and all of her Democrat allies were in Chicago, while Peltola stayed hidden in Alaska, trying to downplay her allegiance to the Democrats. She didn’t attend the Democratic National Convention.
“Then, every single thing I say is spun and taken out of context by groups like the NRCC, in hopes of weakening my support in Alaska,” Peltola said in her letter that asked for money for her and the Alaska Democrat Party.
In reality, it was Peltola who took the video exchange out of context, not telling her supporters that it was a legitimate question, one that any political person would be asked by a reporter worth his or her salt, and a question every member of Congress was asked by reporters. Reporters covering Peltola in Washington have given her a pass repeatedly.
In other venues, Peltola has said she simply doesn’t want to answer anything that would be controversial.
“I refuse to play the gross games and run the smear campaigns that my opponents and the special interests are playing. But I still need to fight back. So please [Friend,] will you split $25 between the Alaska Democratic Party and me before midnight so I can fend off these constant attacks and win in November?” her fundraising letter asked.
The heat is on. Peltola’s campaign requests should be subordinated to her public requests to find another husband, first. Peltola needs intimate advice on how to get out of politics, without ruining her life.
Chrissy, Her husband died a tragic death like so many other good men. Have some empathy.
Esther. Accountability and empathy are not exclusive.
If Mary was so crippled by grief to do her job, perhaps she should have resigned to take time to mourn and let someone else step in to take care of the business of we the people.
Why?
Why should someone have empathy for people they do not personally know? I cannot speak for anyone else, but I do not know Mary Peltola personally, nor do I know anyone who is friends with her. So… why should I show empathy for a total stranger?
I despise people that play the victim and/or race card
She is a politician they can’t help but to lie cheat and throw fits.
She doesn’t care about anybody but herself and the power she has.
“Mary, go back to your room!” The adults are trying to save this country.
So many “alaskans” in the bush and Anchorage are uninformed. She hasn’t done anything good for our state. I’m an native Alaskan, commercial fisherman and union skilled worker and would never voter for her.
Sh is not even a true Alaska Native! Kind of like Kamala Harris is not really an African American Woman…
I guess she needs to stick with what works.
She is a joke, an embarrassment to Alaska. Maybe even worse than Lisa.
Thank you, Brad, thank you, from all of the Murkowskis.
Nothing like being number two, Frankie.
Let’s Goooooooooo NB3!!
Mary is just mad because she got caught watching Netflix and chilling with some random guy’s brother.
She votes in lockstep with Biden and Kamala. What else do you need to know? Vote her out. She is a pathetic replacement for the great Don Young. Nick Begich is the best and only choice.
So how does an Alaska Native Corporation-owned defense contractor Akima land a $480 Million 10-year contract to support and modernize the Space Force Satellite Control Network while Alaska can’t get internet in the bush and sometimes just not at all anywhere ???
Standard Alaska grift.
OTOH, you guys have nobody to blame for lack of broadband but yourselves. Given Starlink availability, ground terminal cost $300 – 600 depending on the state (don’t know if AK is one of those), and $120/month service cost, I must ask why are you waiting for GCI’s fiber and not ordering broadband today?
‘https://www.starlink.com/us/service-plans
Too much whining and not enough doing. Solution is staring you in the face for about half a PFD this year. Cheers –
She has already received how many thousands (hundreds of thousands or millions?) for her campaign? She wants more? No. As for your support in Alaska, you are weakening it all on your own and we ask you to please keep up the good work.
Bought and paid for, do you expect any kind of different behavior? She has her marching orders.
Mary is Exhibit A when it comes to why we need to be rid of RCV once and for all.
Nothing New here, typical Democrat. Just Like “Sister Ha ha “(Kamala) that’s what the Chinese have named Kamala…….
The Peltola campaign ads are nothing but lies about Peltola being a positive, in any way, for Alaska.
“SALMON”
Weird, does she remember she is the public’s employee? She does have to answer to her employers
Dont mess with the “Bethel Shaman”
The truth is she is an Alaskan Native woman. A part of a group of mud bloods that face verbal and physical assaults daily by people who are ignorant and politically driven or want their land. She has Alaskan’s women behind her. Her and families like the Merricks’ who have taken pushed our kids to championships over and over again are facing an onslaught by jealous, undeserving people who have not helped anyone.
Mary is a mom and a Native woman who is in Washington. Over the years Don Young had the worst attendance record ever and lost his Native wife. No one ever spoke to him like that. So have some respect for her because these negative comments just reek of the confederates.
Just because someone is vaccinated, you should not call them mudbloods. It is also quite rude and judgement of you to call people confederates because they criticize poor performance of an elected public servant. Also, we aren’t talking about Don Young here, he is dead. Have some empathy.
Just because someone is vaccinated, should you call them mudbloods. It is also quite rude and judgement of you to call people confederates because they criticize poor performance of an elected public servant. Also, we aren’t talking about Don Young here, he is dead. Have some empathy.
Also, we are all humans who were born on this planet. The lands belongs to us all. I find it ironic that people criticize Republicans for being stuck in their old ways and reluctant to be a part of the progressive movement yet defend certain Democrats of doing the same thing just because they are “native”. In case you didn’t know, the political system is made up of many different people who are supposed to represent different things and align with the modern world of which it exists in. Native Alaskans cannot hope to be stuck in their primitive mindset and expect the system to move backwards to appease them.
The more appropriate approach would be to serve the people in all capacity and not be stuck on an agenda that only serves what they feel are the rightful heirs to earthly property.
Mary came into politics of all people, not just her people. She should be working for all people, but she is not. She is working for special interests. You should do better to recognize that and not allow her to use heritage as a shield from scrutiny.
I literally have a stack of full-page, glossy ads for Mary sitting in my junk mail box. I get another one every week. Who’s paying for those? Now she wants my money? WTH??
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