In a moment of unscripted honesty that surprised no one paying attention, Alaska’s so-called “Republican” Senator Lisa Murkowski admitted during a town hall on Wednesday that she is “afraid” of President Trump—and fears speaking out against him due to what she called the risk of “retaliation.”
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski said, responding to an audience member’s question about how to help those anxious under Trump’s leadership. “I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real.”
If this wasn’t such a transparent play for sympathy, it would almost be laughable. Murkowski—who’s made a career out of voting against the will of her own party—is hardly some innocent victim of political pressure. In fact, she’s gone out of her way to sabotage Trump’s America First agenda, often siding with Democrats and establishment elites at critical moments.
Case in point: during confirmation hearings for top Trump nominees, Murkowski voted against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel, forcing the administration to scrape by with razor-thin approvals. That wasn’t fear—it was calculated obstruction.
Yet now she claims to be trembling in her boots about using her “voice.” The reality? Murkowski has been using her voice just fine—to undermine the President and cast doubt on his foreign policy.
After a recent Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Murkowski didn’t hesitate to share her disapproval, posting on X:
“I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world.”
Never mind that Trump has pushed for peace, transparency, and accountability in foreign aid—concepts that seem foreign to Murkowski and her neocon worldview.
The irony here is that Murkowski’s long-running feud with Trump is exactly why she’s become politically isolated. Alaska Republicans have repeatedly tried to oust her, but thanks to a left-wing ranked-choice voting scheme, she was saved by Democrats in 2022. She knows it, Trump knows it, and voters know it.
So let’s be clear: Lisa Murkowski isn’t afraid of Trump—she’s afraid of being held accountable by her own base. And if she finds using her voice so “anxious,” maybe it’s time she stopped speaking out against the very movement that gave her a platform in the first place.
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