{"id":2632979,"date":"2026-07-21T08:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worse-than-a-democrat-lisa-murkowski-cant-bring-herself-to-save-america\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:03:14","slug":"worse-than-a-democrat-lisa-murkowski-cant-bring-herself-to-save-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worse-than-a-democrat-lisa-murkowski-cant-bring-herself-to-save-america\/","title":{"rendered":"RINO Murkowski Can&#8217;t Bring Herself To SAVE America"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fworse-than-a-democrat-lisa-murkowski-cant-bring-herself-to-save-america%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=2632979&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>President Donald Trump criticized Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,stating she is worse than a Democrat. Murkowski recently opposed the Senate\u2019s Save America Act, claiming it would negatively impact Alaska due to the logistical challenges for remote voters, such as travel costs and difficulties in providing proof of U.S. citizenship and photo ID. She expressed support for the bill\u2019s core principles but opposed its current form,accusing it of being burdensome and claiming it excludes some voters. Critics argue her opposition is driven by political motives, especially her disdain for Trump, who has endorsed her challenger. Murkowski\u2019s record includes voting against conservative issues like Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation and supporting more liberal causes, reinforcing her image as a \u201cswamp creature\u201d within Republican ranks. Meanwhile, Senate Republican leadership, led by John Thune, has shown reluctance to push for the bill, despite some senators like Mike Lee advocating for continuous sessions until it passes. The article suggests Murkowski\u2019s opposition is politically motivated, influenced by her opposition to Trump and fear of electoral consequences, given her and Thune\u2019s upcoming re-election campaigns. the piece portrays her stance as part of a broader pattern of establishment resistance to election integrity efforts, with conservative voices and Trump supporters calling for stronger action to pass the bill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At a rally earlier this month in Anchorage, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsminer.com\/news\/politics\/trump-directs-anchorage-speech-against-murkowski\/article_9d5307b8-0001-11ed-b52a-57720d043ee3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> what a lot of conservatives believe: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, \u201cis worse than a Democrat.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump was right. And Murkowski just proved him right again. <\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s leading RINO over the weekend announced that she remains opposed to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/25\/senate-gop-should-know-better-than-to-ignore-trumps-political-instincts-on-the-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(SAVE) America Act<\/a>. She did so in an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/why-im-voting-against-the-save-america-act-139faa0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> op-ed<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal so that a wider audience could read her purported reasons and to magnify just how much she despises Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>In the self-serving piece, Murkowski claims she supports the bill\u2019s \u201ccore tenets\u201d but still opposes the bill. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy? Because it would have serious negative effects in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/topics\/place\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alaska<\/a>, and the current text doesn\u2019t allow for the time and resources needed for proper implementation,\u201d wrote the four-term senator with designs on a fifth in 2028.  <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>If you want to know why the Senate hates the SAVE America Act, it\u2019s because senators are lazy and have zero interest in doing actual work.<\/p>\n<p>They believe the Senate, and their own voters, exist to serve them. This is why they never work and never accomplish anything. A three-day\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/2079355471203385394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Helpless, Hypothetical Voters <\/h2>\n<p>The SAVE America Act\u2019s core provisions would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to vote in U.S. elections. That\u2019s much too onerous for Alaska voters, Murkowski opined. Some Alaskans in the more remote parts of the state would have to pay hundreds of dollars to travel by plane to the nearest election site. There are just six, she said, in a state double the size of Texas.  <\/p>\n<p>Think of the poor 18-year-old living in Savoonga, on a remote island in the Bering Sea, Murkowski muses. Or the Unalaska fisherman, out on the Aleutian Islands. The flight to Anchorage, the closest election office, located about 800 miles away, would cost that fisherman about $1,500 round-trip, the senator estimates. <\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the helpless, hypothetical 85-year-old elder born on tribal land 18 years before statehood. How does she go about obtaining the proper identification to prove she\u2019s eligible to vote? <\/p>\n<p>Murkowski definitely has gotten the Democrat rhetoric down, insisting that some class of voter \u2014 women, \u201cNative people,\u201d hermits in the Alaskan outback \u2014 are too helpless and locked out to prove they are U.S. citizens, and that they are who they say they are. <\/p>\n<p>Of course these same stranded people already have to travel great distances to apply in person for <a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.alaska.gov\/credential-services\/realidupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identification cards at DMV offices.<\/a> They need the IDs to board flights in the first place, like everyone else. They needed to obtain that ID to purchase a pack of smokes or a bottle of booze.\u00a0 Alaskans who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anhc.org\/required-insurance-enrollment-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apply for Medicaid<\/a> or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-finally-offers-policy-platform-on-border-security\/\" title=\"House GOP Finally Offers Policy Platform on Border Security\">taxpayer-funded welfare programs<\/a> must provide an Alaska driver\u2019s license, state ID, birth certificate, or U.S. passport. <\/p>\n<p>There are most likely Alaskans who don\u2019t have appropriate proof of citizenship and must travel a great distance to obtain it. But has Murkowski ever tried to negotiate funding for satellite voter registration sites to provide greater access to register? After all, Murkowski claims she\u2019s fine with the \u201ccore tenets\u201d of the SAVE America Act \u2014 \u201censuring that only American citizens vote and requiring identification when voting.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Murkowski could insist on access provisions in exchange for her support. She has never been shy about asking for other people\u2019s money. She has held up plenty of bills in pursuit of pork for Alaska. Last year, the money-grabbing senator was the subject \u201cof an intense whip effort by GOP leaders\u201d to induce her to vote for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Big Beautiful Bill,<\/a> Politico<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/inside-congress\/2025\/07\/01\/murkowski-slams-brakes-on-megabill-00434737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> reported<\/a>. She asked for, and received, a lot of sweeteners in trade. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/07\/01\/congress\/lisa-murkowski-repulican-megabill-alaska-00435150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agonizing,<\/a> she lamented. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Total Creature of the Swamp\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Murkowski\u2019s media blitz opposition to the SAVE America Act, however, isn\u2019t really about the SAVE America Act, election integrity, or protecting her constituents\u2019 right to vote. It\u2019s about sticking it to Trump, who has endorsed Murkowski\u2019s Republican challenger and has long called her out for the swamp creature she is. <\/p>\n<p>Murkowski would rather compromise integrity and confidence in U.S. elections than vote for the president\u2019s No. 1 domestic policy priority. A bill that would do what its name advertises. A bill that the vast majority of U.S. voters support, <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.heritageaction.com\/production\/assets\/SAVE_America_Act_poll_Alaska_2-19-20261.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including<\/a> nearly 90 percent of her fellow Alaska Republicans and nearly half of the state\u2019s Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a total creature of the Washington swamp but much worse than that and a tool of a corrupt establishment, the likes of which we\u2019ve never seen. The fake news media loves her,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3551248-trump-goes-after-rino-murkowski-during-alaska-rally-shes-worse-than-a-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during his recent Anchorage stump speech. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine announcing you\u2019re going to vote against 80% of America and thinking it\u2019s a good idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4PsVwW66op\">pic.twitter.com\/4PsVwW66op<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2078539328431497620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As Trump noted, Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/600274-collins-romney-murkowski-emerge-as-supreme-court-swing-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted against<\/a> the confirmation of conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and for far-left Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She\u2019s stood with the gun control lobby and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alaskapublic\/posts\/sen-lisa-murkowski-called-the-bill-responsible-and-said-she-doesnt-think-it-infr\/432029498932761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">against<\/a> the Second Amendment. <\/p>\n<p>Her cozying up with the left should surprise no conservative by now. Sicken, yes. Surprise, no. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Stay in Session\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, Murkowski couldn\u2019t do it alone. <\/p>\n<p>Weak-willed Senate Republican leadership has shown itself as worse than Democrats on the SAVE America Act. At least you know upfront that leftists recoil at talk of election integrity the way the undead flee from sunlight. Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have talked about how much they love the SAVE America Act, only to ghost it.  <\/p>\n<p>The South Dakota Republican has done little to force Democrats to explain to the American people why they hate this popular election integrity bill. Thune repeatedly has said it\u2019s just a matter of math. He doesn\u2019t have the numbers in his caucus to force a \u201ctalking filibuster,\u201d which would make Democrats have to hold the floor in continuous debate to keep the bill from coming up for a vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who has ardently fought the good fight on the SAVE America Act, on Monday posted on X that the Senate should \u201cstay in session continuously until the SAVE America Act is passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Senate should stay in session continuously until the SAVE America Act is passed.<\/p>\n<p>Share if you agree. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ixZZqcLFjT\">https:\/\/t.co\/ixZZqcLFjT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/2079233835682897968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But that battle would be costly for work-averse Senators, who most likely would have to miss part or even all of their long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/2026_schedule.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer vacation<\/a> coming up. As Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., noted on X, this week marks the final week that the Republican-controlled Senate will be in session until September 14, if the august body sticks to its schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Thune could never be so cruel. You know who was? Harry Reid, the late Senate Majority leader and Nevada Democrat who kept senators in session a record 25 days until they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/senate-passes-historic-health-care-reform-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> funding for Obamacare \u2014 one of the more disastrous bills in U.S. history. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is facing mass calls to be primary challenged after saying &#8220;I&#8217;M VOTING AGAINST THE SAVE AMERICA ACT&#8221; because it&#8217;s &#8220;too draconian, especially for voters in remote parts of Alaska&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hold on, blocking FRAUD is &#8220;draconian?!&#8221; \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski is a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eSUP6FcOQW\">pic.twitter.com\/eSUP6FcOQW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2078477834520330602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Thune has enough courage in him to lead an overnight marathon vote. He did so with the Big Beautiful Bill. That was for tax cuts. Saving the republic is too much of an ask apparently.<\/p>\n<p>The House, meanwhile, is feverishly trying to move through a budget reconciliation package that would include elements of the SAVE Act, a gambit aimed at getting around Senate Democrats and to a simple majority vote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking all House Republicans to VOTE YES this week on the Budget Resolution, which is an important first step towards getting a Budget Bill. House Republicans must UNIFY, and fight for THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!\u201d Trump posted Monday on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski and Thune are both up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/Class_III.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">re-election in 2028<\/a>. They both have much to lose. Failure to pass a bill with 80 percent support could prove very costly to their campaigns. They should remember that conservative Republicans never forget \u2014 especially when Republican politicians act like Democrats. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murkowski Opposes Election Integrity Bill, Proves Trump Right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2632980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-8.38.57-PM-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[5374,45089,5894,8402],"class_list":["post-2632979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-america","tag-murkowski","tag-politics","tag-rino"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-8.38.57-PM-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632979","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632983,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632979\/revisions\/2632983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}