Alaska Democrats have hatched a plan to target Republicans like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for voting to pass President Donald Trump's budget bill on Tuesday.
The state caucus plans to hold an emergency town hall on Wednesday to hold Republicans accountable for passing the bill and "let the people of Alaska know exactly how Murkowski and [Sen. Dan] Sullivan (R-AK) sold them out," according to an advisory shared with Notus.
"Following Murkowski selling out the people of Alaska to give billionaires another tax break, Democrats are holding vulnerable House Republicans and Senate Republicans accountable for supporting the Trump/Murkowski budget proposal," the advisory reads in part.
CNN reported Tuesday that Murkowski traded her support for the budget bill to secure a number of technical provisions in the bill. For instance, she secured a provision that allows Alaska to suspend Medicaid work requirements to combat high unemployment. There is also a provision that delays regulations for states that have high food stamp payment error rates must contribute to the cost of the benefit.
Murkowski posted a statement on X saying the bill "is not good enough for the rest of our nation, and we all know that."
“Donald Trump, Lisa Murkowski, and Dan Sullivan sent a clear message to the American people today: Your kids, your job, and your elderly relatives don’t matter," Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin told the outlet. "This is one of the worst bills in the history of Congress. It’s a massive scheme to steal from working folks, struggling families, and hell, even from nursing homes — all to enrich the already rich with a tax jackpot."