RINO Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) claimed she is “afraid” of speaking her mind about President Donald Trump during an appearance in front of nonprofit leaders in Anchorage this week.
While Murkowski did not reference Trump directly, it was clear who she was referring to.
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski said, pausing.
“It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”
The discussion, which took place alongside Laurie Wolf, President and CEO of The Foraker Group, came during the group’s annual leadership summit. The summit focused on the ripples that “chaos” in Washington, D.C., might cause in Murkowski’s home state.
Attendees expressed their anxiety about working in the public sector under Trump’s cost-cutting initiatives.
At one point, Murkowski used the word “unlawful” to describe some of the president’s orders.
Recounting a fire drill in which she and aides sought to uncover the truth behind rumors about cuts, she said, “It is as hard as anything I have been engaged in in the 20-plus years I’ve been in the Senate.”
Murkowski recalled asking Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to delay the slashing of AmeriCorps programming.
“I share this with you not to say that ‘we don’t know anything,’ but I’m saying that things are happening so fast through this Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE … none of us understand the half of it,” Murkowski said. “It’s literally piecing it together.”
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Now, the lawmaker is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and the administration to pursue a slimmed-down version of the cuts over the next several months.
“I’m not saying you can’t touch Medicaid at all,” Murkowski said.
“What I hope we’re moving away from is an $880 billion cut to Medicaid. Because if that happens, this is going to be a very, very different state.”
Murkowski questioned whether House and Senate leaders are doing enough to act as a check on executive power.
“It’s called the checks and balances. And right now, we are not balancing as the Congress,” Murkowski said.
“I think it’s important the concerns continue to be raised rather than letting the fatigue of the chaos grind you down.”
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