She really can field dress a moose
by digby
So, this happened. Seems Trumpie really doesn’t like it when a woman doesn’t do what he tells her to do. For some reason he’s decided Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski needs to be taught a lesson even though she’s not up for reelection until 2022 so putting the squeeze on her makes little political sense. Plenty of men have voted against various aspects of the health care monstrosity. So this is more about grabbing her by the you-know-what:
President Donald Trump isn’t going to just let go of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s no vote Tuesday against debating Obamacare repeal.
Early Wednesday, Trump took to Twitter to express displeasure with Murkowski’s vote. By that afternoon, each of Alaska’s two Republican senators had received a phone call from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke letting them know the vote had put Alaska’s future with the administration in jeopardy.
The response follows Trump’s no-holds-barred style of governing, even when it comes to his own party. It is his first strike of retaliation against Murkowski, however, despite her tendency to stray from the party line and the president’s priorities.
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said the call from Zinke heralded a “troubling message.”
“I’m not going to go into the details, but I fear that the strong economic growth, pro-energy, pro-mining, pro-jobs and personnel from Alaska who are part of those policies are going to stop,” Sullivan said.
“I tried to push back on behalf of all Alaskans. … We’re facing some difficult times and there’s a lot of enthusiasm for the policies that Secretary Zinke and the president have been talking about with regard to our economy. But the message was pretty clear,” Sullivan said. The Interior secretary also contacted Murkowski, he said.
Murkowski was not available for comment. Spokespeople from the White House and the Interior Department did not respond to inquiries.
Uhm, she’s not going to put up with it:
DELAYED: Hearing to confirm a series of nominees to Zinke’s Interior. Murkowski also controls Interior $$ via approps subcom chair— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) July 27, 2017
I suspect Alaskans aren’t going to like this either. She’s popular and Alaskans are very independent sorts.
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