Anti-Trump GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) addressed a potential primary challenge funded by DOGE leader Elon Musk during a Juneau, Alaska, conference on Tuesday. Murkowski responded to the potential primary threat in a defiant tone, saying, “It may be that Elon Musk has decided he’s going to take the next billion dollars that he makes off of Starlink and put it directly against Lisa Murkowski.”
She continued:
“And you know what? That may happen. But I’m not giving up one minute, one opportunity, to try to stand up for Alaskans.”
Murkowski also remarked on her GOP colleagues’ reticence to voice opposition to President Donald Trump, asserting that their silence reflects their fears of facing primary challenges.
“They’re looking at how many things are being thrown at me, and it’s like, ‘Maybe I just better duck and cover,’” she remarked.
Murkowski also voiced disapproval of recent DOGE cost-cutting measures, claiming they were a source of undue “anxiety.”
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She went on to criticize the termination of federal employees in Alaska, claiming they are “traumatizing people” and “leaving holes in our communities.”
Since her write-in defeat of Republican Joe Miller in 2010, Murkowski has faced little political opposition. Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system gave her an additional edge in the state, allowing her to draw support from political moderates and Democrats. However, she acknowledged that Musk’s influence with his super PAC—Ame, America PAC—could have a devastating impact on future primaries aimed at unseating Anti-MAGA Republicans.
Last year, Musk warned Senate RINOs that going against Trump’s agenda and the will of the people will result in them losing “either their Primary or the mid-term election.”
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