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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 07:34 AM Jul 2017

(THUG)Trump threatens to isolate Alaska after Republican senator votes against Obamacare repeal bill

Donald Trump threatens to isolate Alaska after Republican senator votes against Obamacare repeal bill
Interior Secretary reportedly makes 'troubling' calls to senators after vote
Gabriel Samuels 3 hours ago

Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly threatened to isolate Alaska after a senator from the state voted against the President’s health care motion.

Senator Lisa Murkowski was one of seven Republicans who rejected the measure to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, one of Mr Trump’s key policy pledges, during a vote on Tuesday.

The President reacted angrily to the news, writing on Twitter: “Senator Lisa Murkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday. Too bad!”

Later in the day Ms Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, the other Republican senator for Alaska, allegedly received calls from the Department of the Interior warning them that the state’s future was now under consideration.

The messages, which came directly from the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, were “troubling”, Mr Sullivan told Alaska Dispatch News.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-alaska-us-senator-obamacare-repeal-bill-healthcare-republican-vote-lisa-murkowski-a7862341.html
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(THUG)Trump threatens to isolate Alaska after Republican senator votes against Obamacare repeal bill (Original Post) workinclasszero Jul 2017 OP
Oh no! He's going to give it back to Russia! Cicada Jul 2017 #1
The Art of the Deal for Comrade Putin!? workinclasszero Jul 2017 #3
Nice little state you've got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it. nt tblue37 Jul 2017 #2
Yep workinclasszero Jul 2017 #4
Aren't threats like this an impeachable offense? n/t RKP5637 Jul 2017 #5
Only if a democratic president did it workinclasszero Jul 2017 #6
The GOP has brought so much corruption, hostility and evilness into the system of gov. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2017 #7
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. Only if a democratic president did it
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 07:55 AM
Jul 2017

I'm sure the republican House and Senate backs Dumps threats 100%.

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