Trump 'retribution' looms over red state weighing ouster of MAGA senator: WSJ columnist
A conservative editorial board warned voters in one red state that defying President Donald Trump at the ballot box carries a steep price.
Kimberley Strassel, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, wrote Thursday that Alaska risks losing Trump's favor and possibly facing his retribution if voters oust Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on November 3.
In her Potomac Watch column, Strassel cast the Senate race between Sullivan and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola as a choice between continued federal support and what she called "political and economic suicide." She credited Trump with reversing dozens of Biden-era restrictions on drilling, mining and logging in the state and with pushing a long-stalled natural gas pipeline that Sullivan supporters chanted about at a Tuesday rally in Wasilla....