In a Times Radio interview, Alaska State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat, painted a picture for the audience of an Alaska that bears little resemblance to the one that is revealed in recent election results.
He told the British audience that “Alaskans do not like Trump” — a statement the interviewer did not question, even though Donald Trump won Alaska in November by 54.5% of the vote, avoiding the ranked-choice runoff entirely. Kamala Harris received 41.4% of the vote, meaning Trump won by an over 13% margin. He outperformed his national election results of 49.9% by over 5.5% in Alaska.
Asked about the “Stand Up Alaska” protest planned for the summit, Wielechowski said he expects a large protest and he described the state as “politically… a purple state” with a “Republican leaning” but “a little more Democratic in recent years.” He pointed to the bipartisan state legislature and claimed, “the one thing we all agree on… is that we do not support the Russian aggression in Ukraine.”
He predicted the demonstration would be “large by Alaska standards,” citing anger over Russia’s invasion and over “a lot of things [Trump] has done,” including alleged losses of health care for “tens of thousands” of Alaskans and the removal of “hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy projects.” None of these claims were challenged by the interviewer, who threw the senator softball questions. Wielechowski wore his IBEW union-label golf shirt.
The Times also allowed Wielechowski to venture into what some listeners might consider the absurd: When asked if he thought Putin might try to take Alaska back, the senator replied that Alaskans are “well-armed” and would “fight aggression” — as though hunting rifles might go up against a Russian MiG firing missiles.
Not mentioned in the broadcast was the fact that Democrats make up only a small fraction of Alaska’s registered voters, and Wielechowski’s political views represent a clear minority in the state. Only 12% of registered Alaska voters are members of the Alaska Democratic Party. Yet, in the Times of London’s telling, Wielechowski was the voice of Alaska.
The full Times Radio interview can be heard here.
Alaskans can expect more of this as the global media focuses on Alaska in advance of Friday’s summit between Trump and Putin, which is expected to be at JBER. Alaskans can expect this type of spin to continue at warp speed this week.
Sorry, bud. We LOVE Trump. Good luck, sir.
Ok Bill, seems like ya have went to Adam Schiff’s school for liars.
Yup.
Lying liars lie.
Little billy is FOS, if only obviously.
Odd I don’t care if Ukraine falls of the Earth. And in reality how many people would actually lose sleep if they did?
Oh Billy,
Why are you such a liar?
I am Very, Very Happy with Trump!
Billy not so much with you. You lie too much.
Trump has carried Alaska 3 times.
He sounds even more idiotic than the dems in the states. What in the world? He sure as hell doesn’t speak for me or mine!
Yes he does….
He’s playing to the English audience that has been conquered by the Islamic masses…
It’s beyond comprehension how so many MAGA folks have decided that Trump is what good looks like. Personally, I think they know he’s despicable, but they can’t say so without risk of excommunication from their social groups and their MAGA friends. Just listen closely to those who proclaim their love for this foul man – if you do, you will detect a defensive tone, as though they know it’s wrong to do so, but they double down anyways, and are secretly ashamed.
The sooner this demented man is out of office, the better off we will all be. REJECT STRONGLY!
I knew sooner or later Whidbeys TDS would come out swinging and totally missing the mark as usual.
You have Trump Derangement Syndrome as well, only on the other end of the spectrum.
At least you don’t deny your TDS.
Admitting it is the first step to recovery. Good luck!
the tail is wagging the dog, take a hike, take a hike!
Well, this is just another thing that is beyond your comprehension, whidbey. I assume that list is rather long.
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He’s despicable? So?… And? News flash, nice guys do not win. Name a single head coach in any sport that consistently wins championships that is a nice guy. Can’t do it? Neither can I.
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President Trump is abrasive, blunt, and challenging. And, I say good. He trolls his opponents like a boss, and keeps them on the defensive. He is the Dr. with zero bedside manner who cures your disease, but you dread them showing up for rounds.
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Biden had the public image of a “nice guy” and he actively handed the nation away. Obama acted like a “nice guy” and he literally said during his campaign that it was time for the US to step aside and let someone else lead.
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Go ahead and vote for the sweetheart. See what level of leadership you get.
It’s hard to comprehend how evil the left is whidby.
I reject you whidbey, you are anti American. You are the bottom of the barrel.
Two American flags fly in my front yard every day.
2 Corinthians 11:14
“And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.”
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Meaningless claims prove nothing. Your comments on MRAK speak volumes.
Meaningless Bible verses mean nothing. Your far right MAGA views expose your fake Christianity.
What makes you think I am a Christian?
And, your reading comprehension sucks. Do you really think I was trying to preach to you?
I find it odd how people associate good policies with whether a person is good or not. I also find it odd how so many people seem to be too immature to realize the difference, even to their own detriment.
Do not sub-comment on Whidbey Dog’s comments anymore. Just leave him alone. Don’t feed this /////
You’re right Whid, I often sit and remember the wonderful Biden years….inflation, open borders, billions and billions to Ukraine, illegals raping and killing…
Exactly jim
…in your imagination. Check the facts
I cannot speak for Jim, but the facts tell me he is absolutely correct. Perhaps you can provide some facts that dispute that?
Whidbey,
The word you are looking for is relativity, as in the absence of standards of absolute and universal application. In relation to the previous Obama/Biden/Harris administrations President Trump is a relatively good option. You know it just like the rest of us that you deplore, it’s just that you fail to admit or understand it. What’s truly sad is the legion of those who suffer TDS so horribly bad that they oppose everything that is done, no matter how good it might be. Take this currently scheduled meeting with Putin, those of you who are so utterly opposed to Trump would rather everyone in Russia and everyone in Ukraine fight to the death than have a meeting that might lead to peace. It is completely absurd that the gaslighting of useful idiots on the left has gone so far that they have zero understanding of what they support, they just oppose a flawed human being because they’ve been told to and so they parrot the words of their masters and refuse to think for themselves.
Right on Dog! You have a knack for bringing out the froth of those who support cruelty and corruption.
Not much of a knack for it based on the responses to his comment here.
No froth at all. In fact, for the most part, the responses are logical, clear, to the point, and accurate.
You have a knack for reductive leftist spew.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Might I suggest you look in the mirror and tally all your sins, those obvious and those only you know about. Hm, maybe you too are NOT so righteous.
The Times is a globo homo rag.
Typical delusional libtard, they wouldn’t know the truth even if it slipped them upside the head.
Sorry loser who only represents liberals in
anchorage!
What a dipsnit. ‘We’ like Trump very much. Trump won Alaska by a broad margin, and his successes (with a Republican Congress) are frankly astonishing. I sleep soundly. And what a nightmare for us Alaskans and the world if that cackling failure VP had somehow, fraudulently, won the election last November. Congrats, Bill, you win the International Fake News Contributor Award for the whole month of August.
Hey Bill, We love Trump. I actually despise you.
Let’s see he is promoting a protest while Trump is trying to end a bloody war. This says it all for these Democrats. They love war and death. Miserable bastards.
Bill is your typical lying Democrat. Sore loser.
President Trump isn’t perfect, but so far he has vastly outshone the two most recent Democrat presidents, and all of the candidates they have put up against him.
Amen Roades
Actually, we Alaskans don’t like Bill Wielechowski. What a little fraud!
Reality- Alaskans don’t like communists posing as democrats. Right, Bill…? /s
Why would a left leaning radio network choose a leftist politician for a political viewpoint of a state that votes against leftist congressional representation? It’s almost like they wanted to portray a false narrative about our state. Do they do this very often?
Just remember people who “hate Donald Trump, Hate America” and Bill W is skating awfully close to that bench mark.
Nothing, absolutely nothing could be further from the truth. You MAGA folks own neither patriotism nor love for country. Believe me, there are plenty of us liberals out there that love it, and would go to war for it. And we are aghast and ashamed at what far right extremism is doing to it.
Claiming that MAGA is far right extremism is just an indication of who radical the left has actually become.
Hey there you go, one sin confessed. warmongering.
Real Alaskans hate Democrats.
Once again, your Christian love is really shining through.
Real Christians hate democrats as well. More accurately, they hate what the democrats have become, and what the democrats push for. Hate the sin, love the sinner kind of thing.
Listen to yourself. Closely. Hate corrodes the vessel that contains it.
What a pompous donkey’s posterior and a dishonest one at that. Why is lying so acceptable with too many on the left? They get into office by lying to constituents, ballot harvesting, keeping elections muddled with things like RCV, mail in voting, very messy voter rolls, and who knows what else, then turn around and say ‘See! We are what the people want!’ Then they foist their nefarious power hungry policies upon us. If we appear purple it is because of dishonestly and some very bad statesmanship.
So, to the left, ‘we who disagree’ are a bunch of hopeless boneheads who MUST be lead, literally by the nose, into making ‘correct’ choices, to avoid disaster. So, (of course!) lying, cheating, fact-twisting, or any dirty tricks necessary are warranted- because (of course!!) ‘they’re ‘RIGHT!!’
‘Billy Willy’ (as he’s known locally) has always been nothing more than a tool.
If the ‘Times’ wanted to be taken seriously they should have checked Billy Willy’s bonafides before quoting him. He’s our local jocul who is taken seriously about as much as adam schiff & eric swalwell.
Obviously, nobody (and this includes those who vote for Bill) checked out the way he allows himself to behave with “other” women. I, as an east Anchorage resident, will soon move into a new legislative district where I might finally have actual representation in the Alaska legislature.
Wielechowski needs a reality check. His constituents should question his sanity!!!
Off the rails is not a good indicator of sound judgment!
His reality check bounced, because he couldn’t get enough tax money to pay for it
This is a perfect example of how News Is Made these days.
I suspect this individual lives securely within his liberal echo chamber. Probably refuses to listen to his constituents as well, unless they are supporting his position.
He’s a union shill, always will be. Instead of an ambulance chasing lawyer he’s an oil & gas chasing lawyer. Never met a tax he didn’t love, nor a successful private sector business he doesn’t want to tax into the ground. Hates the oil industry, the very thing providing so much money for him to spend on state government. I have watched him speak and he can smoothly tell lies with the best of them.
This is really horrible, besides being just false. We should be welcoming a peace conference. We have lost so much cooperation with Russia due to sanctions. They need to end.
Who in Alaska is he speaking for. ?? What a wimp. It’s not my family.
Wielechowski seems like a nice guy, but his lying is a serious character flaw. He is smart enough to know that the Ukraine conflict is much more nuanced than simple Russian aggression. There was plenty of antagonistic acts going on by NATO & the United States for decades before the actual hot proxy war began. Instead of advocating for giving peace a chance, he is grifting his constituents, union brothers and sisters and the general public into protesting against Trump’s efforts. Trump has shown his many faults lately ( the ill advised cover-up of the Epstein Files comes to mind) but peace talks intended to end a war is not one of them. Shame on this shallow little man.
Oh Billy Boy- Alaskans Love Trump as much as you Love your mistresses and your union backers.
Don’t speak for us, your ignorance is showing! Hahahahaha
The guy who thinks we don’t need energy extraction i.e. oil, and is morethan happy to spend the PFD for you because He Knows Better Than You Do how it should’ve used. Her rather the State just kept it all for his use. Since he’s is All-Knowing
More paid protesters for the Anchorage democrats.
Bill has no clue
Isn’t it strange that some Alaskans will protest Trump, but not Putin?
So let me understand. Wielechowski says democrats are angry about Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, but are going to protest against the guy who is trying to stop it, rather than the guy who is doing the aggression.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Exactly Dan.
Bill is a weasel that is ever more attempting to marginalize the producing Alaskans in favor of those that do nothing to produce.
Wielechowski probably spends a good portion of his time in Democrat enclaves like Anchorage and downtown Juneau. In his little world, nobody likes Trump.
Did you expect actual journalism?
Now that Trump and Putin have come and gone, will you admit Bill was right?