Anti-Trump protests draw hundreds as Alaska's congressional delegation diverges in response to Trump policies
In events across the state in recent days, crowds of Alaskans have demanded that U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan do more to hear from constituents and oppose actions by President Donald Trump, including efforts to vastly shrink the size and scope of the federal government.
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The protests come as a chasm has emerged in Alaska’s three-member, all-Republican congressional delegation — with Begich and Sullivan on one side, and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on the other.
Murkowski is one of the few Republican members of Congress who has openly defied Trump since he began his second term. In comments earlier this week, Murkowski said she would not be “cowed” by an administration that has largely shut down internal dissent.
“Everybody else is like, ‘Well, how come nobody else is saying anything?’ Well, figure it out. They’re looking at how many things are being thrown at me and they’re like, ‘Maybe I better just duck and cover.’ That’s why you’ve got everybody just zip-lipped, not saying a word. They’re afraid they’re going to be taken down, they’re going to be primaried, they’re going to be given names in the media,” Murkowski said earlier this week. “We cannot be cowed into not speaking up.”
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