Lisa Murkowski Could Bolt From The GOP!

Murkowski is considering leaving the GOP.

Alaska's Lisa Murkowski voted to convict former president Donald J. Trump for instigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has continued to push more for violence if he loses to President Joe Biden again.

Murkowski who endorsed Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential race. Now she is disappointed that Haley dropped out. It is now the presumptive nominee Trump and the presumptive nominee Biden.

Murkowski is not endorsing Trump. She may still vote for him despite not endorsing his fourth run.

When asked by CNN, Murkowski has hinted that she may leave the Republican Party.

Pressed on whether she is considering becoming an independent, Murkowski replied, “I’m very independent-minded,” adding, “I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.”

Murkowski demurred when asked whether she would be open to being an independent who caucuses with Republicans.

“I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let’s just leave it at that,” she said in an interview that aired on CNN Sunday.

“I wish that as Republicans, we had a nominee that I could get behind. I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump,” she said.

Murkowski and Collins endorsed Nikki Haley. Trump vows revenge against them.

Murkowski told NBC News this month that she “could not” vote for Trump or President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.

Murkowski and fellow Trump critic Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) had endorsed Haley ahead of Super Tuesday. But Haley dropped her bid after losing every primary contest except Vermont and Washington, D.C.

Before Haley ended her campaign, Murkowski told NBC News that she wasn’t sure how she’d approach the presidential election if Haley dropped out — and signaled she wasn’t alone in her uncertainty.

“Lisa Murkowski is not the only one in this camp right now,” she said.

Murkowski is among the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and became a target for Trump and his allies.

Murkowski, who has served in the Senate for more than two decades, won re-election in 2022 against Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka, a former Alaska Department of Administration commissioner.

Murkowski and Peltola have longstanding friendship.

The Alaskan elections are now by rank choice. It doesn't matter who is on the ballot, if the two leading candidates secure the most votes, they face off in the general.

Murkowski endorsed Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) for her reelection. Peltola faces a possible challenge going into her reelection.

Murkowski and Peltola both endorse Israel and its genocide on Gaza and the West Bank.

They are difficult to sway but it is possible to pressure them into understanding.