{"id":1175301,"date":"2021-12-31T11:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175301"},"modified":"2021-12-31T11:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:19:19","slug":"alaska-gov-mike-dunleavy-accepts-trump-endorsement-agrees-not-to-support-lisa-murkowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-gov-mike-dunleavy-accepts-trump-endorsement-agrees-not-to-support-lisa-murkowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy Accepts Trump Endorsement, Agrees Not to Support Lisa Murkowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falaska-gov-mike-dunleavy-accepts-trump-endorsement-agrees-not-to-support-lisa-murkowski%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) accepted former President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection endorsement, which is contingent upon him dissing current Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R).<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/28\/trump-revoke-alaska-gop-governor-endorsement-he-backs-murkowski\/\">extended<\/a> the conditioned endorsement Tuesday, saying while he supports Dunleavy\u2019s \u201cstrong and consistent\u201d conservative leadership, Murkowski has been \u201cvery bad for Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIn other words, if Mike endorses her, which is his prerogative, my endorsement of him is null and void, and of no further force or effect,\u201d the former president explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, Trump released a statement with a note from Dunleavy, confirming the governor agreed not to support Murkowski, who is also running for reelection in the U.S. Senate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPlease tell the President thank you for the endorsement. With regard to the other issue, please tell the President he has nothing to worry about. I appreciate all 45 has done for Alaska and this country,\u201d Dunleavy wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Trump said Dunleavy\u2019s agreement of his terms shows why he \u201chas been, and will be, a great Governor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe has the courage of his convictions. Lisa Murkowski is the \u2018disaster from Alaska,\u2019 who single-handedly blew ANWR, one of the largest energy sites in the world, and an incredible economic development opportunity for the Great State of Alaska!\u201d Trump said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15778714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Murkowski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15778714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Murkowski.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-AK., questions Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden&#039;s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on February 23, 2021. (Leigh Vogel\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) (Leigh Vogel\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Trump\u2019s endorsement of Dunleavy is largely considered part of the former president\u2019s promise to campaign against Murkowski in retaliation for her decision to vote to impeach him after the January 6 riot.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/12\/establishment-republican-sen-lisa-murkowski-announces-reelection-bid-against-donald-trump-endorsed-opponent\/\">announced<\/a> in November she will seek reelection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year, the former president endorsed Murkowski\u2019s Republican primary challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, who worked formerly as commissioner of Alaska\u2019s Department of Administration under Dunleavy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16842644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/166462662_113160200865241_8832787444513686185_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16842644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/166462662_113160200865241_8832787444513686185_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Tshibaka\/Facebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly Tshibaka\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>At the time, Trump said, \u201cTshibaka is the candidate who can beat Murkowski,\u201d touting her as \u201ca fighter who stands for Alaska values and America First.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) accepted former President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection endorsement, which is contingent upon him dissing current Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R). Trump extended the conditioned endorsement Tuesday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}