The Great Land’s senior Senator, Princess Lisa Murkowski (R, supposedly – AK), is in the news again, this time suggesting that she might consider bailing on the Republican Party and becoming an Independent.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics in the Senate GOP, said in a podcast on Monday that there are certain situations in which she’d consider becoming an independent and caucusing with Democrats.
“There may be that possibility,” she told Galen Druke in an interview excerpt of his GD Politics podcast, scheduled to post in full on Tuesday.
Druke asked Murkowski how she’d respond if Democrats won three seats in the 2026 midterm election, “and they say, we’re gonna let you pass bills that benefit Alaskans if you caucus with us.”
“You’ve started off with the right hook here, is ‘if this would help Alaskans,’” she told Druke.
Alaskans would be helped by having a Senator who wasn’t awarded a Senate seat like a feudal title, but to give the devil her due, Princess Lisa is a survivor; she knows her coalition, she knows how to maintain that mess of Anchorage/Juneau Democrats and squishy Republicans, and she knows how to win elections, even winning one as a write-in candidate.
And ranked-choice voting just makes it easier for her to do this. However, she denies crossing Jordan completely and becoming a Democrat:
But switching parties likely isn’t the answer, she said in the podcast.
“My problem with your hypothetical is that as challenged as I think we may be on the Republican side, I don’t see the Democrats being much better,” Murkowski said. “And they’ve got not only their share of problems, but quite honestly, they’ve got some policies that I just inherently disagree with.”
Here’s the podcast conversation mentioned above, by the way, and you’ll note a typical piece of leftist dishonesty; the leading line on this X post states:
“BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said it’s possible she will switch parties and become a Democrat. This is huge.
It’s not huge, it’s a lie, because she doesn’t say that.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said it’s possible she will switch parties and become a Democrat. This is huge. pic.twitter.com/PTXIaJCBcT
— Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) June 23, 2025
