President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that the Democrat Marie Peltola be removed from the Alaska Senate ballot following a report linking his campaign to a secret effort to strip votes from the Republican senator. Dan Sullivan by recruiting a candidate of the same name.
With the midterm elections less than a week away, the report intensified the fight for the Senate race, drawing condemnation from the Republican senator. Lisa Murkowski and a warning from the Attorney General Todd Blanche that the Justice Department could take additional action.
“Marie Peltola should suffer the legal and political consequences of what she did, A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC,” Asset wrote on Truth Social, adding that Sullivan should be allowed to operate without Peltola or “FALSE Dan Sullivan» on the ballot.
The president’s comments come after The New York Times reported Wednesday this Peltola campaign aides and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee officials participated in a month-long operation to recruit another Dan Sullivan and other potential spoilers from the Alaska election. The effort included an agent traveling through Alaska under a false name and discussions of creating a new political party to attract conservative candidates.
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