Murkowski Picks up GOP Primary Challenger

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has picked up a primary challenger weeks after the state’s Republican Party vowed to recruit a candidate to oppose her.

In a video released on Monday, Kelly Tshibaka said, “We know what Washington, D.C., thinks about Alaska: We’re here for their benefit, and we won’t put up much of a fight. After nearly 20 years in D.C., 👤Lisa Murkowski thinks the same way.”

“But you know what? Nothing scares the D.C. political insiders more than the thought of a strong, independent Alaskan leader in their ranks. One they can’t bully. One they can’t control. One they can’t silence,” she added.

Tshibaka continued to blast Murkowski’s track record in the Senate and accused her of enabling President Joe Biden’s “radical agenda to end drilling and kill Alaska jobs.”

She accused Murkowski of voting to “allow illegal immigrants who violated laws to enter and remain in the country” and against “common sense judges.”

https://twitter.com/KellyForAlaska/status/1376575916088918019

Tshibaka, by contrast, said she would oppose illegal immigration and fight to preserve Alaska’s energy industry and small businesses, while advocating for the Second Amendment and the military.

She also noted Murkowski has been in the Senate for almost 20 years since her father, who was then the governor, appointed her to serve out the remainder of his term in 2002.

And she blasted the Alaska senator for her vote to preserve Obamacare and to convict former President