RonnieM

The Secretary of Defense tells the American public to pray for our troops on bended knee and invoke Jesus' name....

𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡. To her credit, Murkowski admits right up front that she agrees citizens should vote, and that requiring valid ID is not unreasonable. Her own state requires it. 𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗔𝗰𝘁? 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. She spent her floor time talking about the Iditarod trail, remote Alaskan villages, and the logistical challenges of issuing photo IDs in a state one-fifth the size of the continental United States. These are real challenges. Alaska is genuinely unique. Nobody disputes that. But here's what Murkowski didn't say: that the bill is wrong in principle. That voter ID is a bad idea. That citizens shouldn't have to prove they are who they say they are before casting a ballot. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹. That's not a principled stand. That's a legislative kill shot dressed up as logistical concern. You don't sink election integrity legislation because the rollout timeline is tight and the federal government isn't cutting checks to the states fast enough. You work to amend the timeline. You fight for implementation funding. You don't walk to the floor and hand Democrats a Republican vote against the SAVE America Act. This is the same Lisa Murkowski who survived a primary loss in 2010 by running a write-in campaign and winning anyway. The same Murkowski who has made a career out of being just Republican enough to keep the seat and just independent enough to block the agenda. Alaska conservatives have watched this pattern for twenty years. The calls to primary her are not a surprise. They are overdue. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗗 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁. 𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲.