{"id":567964,"date":"2021-06-18T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567964"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:06:39","slug":"trump-endorses-lisa-murkowskis-gop-challenger-kelly-tshibaka-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-lisa-murkowskis-gop-challenger-kelly-tshibaka-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Endorses Lisa Murkowski\u2019s GOP Challenger Kelly Tshibaka For 2022"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-endorses-lisa-murkowskis-gop-challenger-kelly-tshibaka-for-2022%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=567964&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>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski\u2019s 2022 primary challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump released a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lachlan\/status\/1405936179686559750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> from the Save America PAC in which the former president slammed Murkowski and said <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/lisa-murkowski-first-republican-challenger-2022-kelly-tshibaka-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tshibaka<\/a> can beat her in the primary, giving her his full endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLisa Murkowski is bad for Alaska. Her vote to confirm Biden\u2019s Interior Secretary was a vote to kill long sought for, and approved, ANWR, and Alaska jobs. Murkowski has got to go! Kelly Tshibaka is the candidate who can beat Murkowski \u2014 and she will. Kelly is a fighter who stands for Alaska values and America First,\u201d Trump said in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is MAGA all the way, pro-energy, strong on the Border, tough on Crime and totally supports our Military and our great Vets. Kelly is a powerful supporter of the Second Amendment and JOBS! I look forward to campaigning in Alaska for Kelly Tshibaka. She has my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7218022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7218022\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7218022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7218022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department\u2019s budget request on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before working in the Alaska state government, Tshibaka worked in the inspector general offices of several federal agencies.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/lisa-murkowski-first-republican-challenger-2022-kelly-tshibaka-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Has First GOP Challenger For 2022)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In early January, Murkowski became\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/08\/lisa-murkowski-first-senate-republican-call-trump-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the first Senate Republican<\/a>\u00a0to call on then-President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot. Murkowski then voted to convict Trump in his Senate impeachment trial.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/07\/john-barrasso-endorses-lisa-murkowski-liz-cheney-trump-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sen. John Barrasso Breaks With Trump, Endorses Sen. Lisa Murkowski And Rep. Liz Cheney For Reelection)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump promised to visit Alaska to personally campaign against Murkowski, saying, \u201cI will not be endorsing, under any circumstances, the failed candidate from the great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski,\u201d in a March statement to Politico. \u201cShe represents her state badly and her country even worse. I do not know where other people will be next year, but I know where I will be \u2014 in Alaska campaigning against a disloyal and very bad Senator.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/07\/donald-trump-alaska-campaign-lisa-murkowski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Promises To Go To Alaska To Campaign Against \u2018Disloyal\u2019 Sen. Murkowski)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/21\/nrsc-chairman-rick-scott-senate-incumbents-trump-primary-challengers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has said<\/a>\u00a0the committee will be supporting Republican incumbents, despite Trump\u2019s differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski\u2019s 2022 primary challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, Friday.Trump released a\u00a0statement from the Save America PAC in which the former president slammed Murkowski &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280698,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Endorses Lisa Murkowski\u2019s GOP Challenger Kelly Tshibaka For 2022","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Evelyn-Hockstein-PoolGetty-Images-212122.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Endorses Lisa Murkowski\u2019s GOP Challenger Kelly Tshibaka For 2022","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567964","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}