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The Alaska senator thought she’d negotiated an agreement to protect solar and wind projects. Then she learned otherwise.

By Murkowski’s own admission, her party’s megabill — the inaptly named One Big Beautiful Bill Act — was a mess. She told reporters she didn’t the like the bill; she considered it unfinished; she insisted the bill was “not ready for the president’s desk”; and she declared publicly that the legislation was “not good enough” for the American public.

Murkowski then voted for it anyway, hoping that House Republicans would make necessary changes. They soon after said they wouldn’t even try to improve the package, making the Alaskan’s gamble look even worse.

The senator told her local newspaper the White House’s policy “just pulls the rug out from underneath the deal” she’d made.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many fucking times will her constituents fall for this act?!

Even if she is telling the truth, then that just means she's REALLY bad at her job, because it seems like this is her reaction EVERY GODDAMN TIME

[–] obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Her and Susan Collins with their "oopsie... I fell for it again" routine. I don't know who it's for at this point, but they're both still in office so I guess it's working.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

Oh, boo fucking hoo. You got multiple "fuck you, I got mine" deals, apparently didn't bother to check what was in it, knew it was still a pile of shit from what you did see, and voted for it anyway. Why exactly are we supposed to feel sympathy here?

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck off, bitch you knew what you were doing.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She failed the bar exam four times in a row, so maybe she's just not very smart.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

At least she can pass the bar. Remember Boebert had to go back and get her GED in her thirties for some reason before the 2020 election. Getting a GED doesnt tell your constituents you are intelligent, so I'm not sure why she didnt just skip it.

For non-U.S. people, a GED is what you get if you didn't pass highschool (secondary school)

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

You get what you voted for, dumb cunt.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

…. Why is this a new trend? Politicians disagreeing with bills but voting for them anyway?

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

It's all for show. She can try to say she didn't want to vote for it in the next election cycle when it's brought up. She was just a victim.

She was ALWAYS going to vote for it.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Blind partisanship is stronger than ever, plus personal gains over common good.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Spineless idiot

[–] obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

She's not an idiot. She represents idiots. She knows exactly what she's doing.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

She voted for it, what did she expected. If you didn't want it to pass you can just not vote for it

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why will she not just fucking die?

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

First, she needs to get elected governor and appoint one of her children to her senate seat.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Republicans are gonna Republican.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago

I, for one, feel tremendous empathy for this crone who knew exactly what harm she was voting for because it's really tough being in the spotlight showing that you're a terrible piece of shit. Oh, wait… no I don't.

She can fuck right off.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

If only she was literate

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Aww. Poor little poopsie /s. Get the fuck out.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

🎶 AGAINST! THE! WALLLLL! 🎶

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

And Collins Wept.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Murkowski is a fucking cunt with ears!