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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 07:35 PM Jan 2019

Murkowski: Republican Senators only felt shutdown "urgency" when going through airport security

“I came to the conclusion a long time ago that none of these are a good idea,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of the handful of Senate Republicans who broke from Trump and the broader party strategy. “What I have heard from our conference is a greater number of voices that are saying, ‘Hey, this does not work so well. This is not a tool that we should be using.’ ”

Yet Murkowski noted that in a party lunch on Friday, some Republican senators said they “never really felt the urgency” of the funding lapse, except perhaps when they were going through airport security.

“It was stunning to me,” Murkowski said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-hope-we-get-some-common-sense-republicans-reeling-from-political-damage-cause-by-shutdown/2019/01/26/d50b87d4-2189-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
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Murkowski: Republican Senators only felt shutdown "urgency" when going through airport security (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2019 OP
scumbags JI7 Jan 2019 #1
Did she forget what party she belongs to? lilactime Jan 2019 #2
She may not be a 100% member of the Putin/GOP party. watoos Jan 2019 #10
Oh boy,great Campaign material. Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #3
I Appreciate Her Candor DarthDem Jan 2019 #4
She is pro choice obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #5
It's better she's there in the GOP to steer a few to sanity every now and then. Ligyron Jan 2019 #11
Many things are stunning to Murkowski. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6
So if tRump pulls this again we know what to do. mitch96 Jan 2019 #7
Typical Repug behavior, until something personally affects them. Enoki33 Jan 2019 #8
Don't be stunned lisa. These are your political colleagues. pangaia Jan 2019 #9

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)
4. I Appreciate Her Candor
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 07:51 PM
Jan 2019

Would she just switch parties already? She's an institution in Alaska by this point (or at least, she and her father are in combination) and I feel as though she could stay in office as a Democrat. Alaska seems to be more open to Democrats than in the past.

Does anyone remember if she's pro-choice? I feel as though she is.

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)
11. It's better she's there in the GOP to steer a few to sanity every now and then.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:37 PM
Jan 2019

Divide and conquer.

mitch96

(13,912 posts)
7. So if tRump pulls this again we know what to do.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 08:57 PM
Jan 2019

If he wants to shut down the government, just shut down the economy real quick. No air traffic control, no TSA, etc. Hit the politicians where it hurts and things will change..
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