Another GOP senator announces she won't vote for Trump in 2024

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And then there were two: Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney are incumbent Republican senators who’ve publicly said they won’t vote for Donald Trump in 2024.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/another-gop-senator-announces-wont-vote-trump-2024-rcna141606

But as it turns out, Murkowski didn’t just announce her support for Haley, the Alaskan also shared some thoughts on Haley’s national rival. NBC News reported:

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Saturday she “could not” vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election should he win her party’s nomination again — but that also doesn’t mean she could cross party lines for President Joe Biden, either.

Murkowski didn’t elaborate on exactly what she intends to do with her 2024 ballot, except to indicate that she doesn’t intend to vote for either of the major parties’ likely nominees.

As things now stand, she joins Sen. Mitt Romney in a very small club: Incumbent Republican senators who’ve publicly said they won’t vote for Trump in 2024.

Given Murkowski’s recent ideological trajectory, her decision to reject her party’s former president is provocative, but not altogether surprising. It was, after all, just last year when the Alaska Republican said, “Now our party is becoming known as a group of kind of extremist, populist over-the-top [people] where no one is taking us seriously anymore.” The senator added, “I’m having more ‘rational Republicans’ coming up to me and saying, ‘I just don’t know how long I can stay in this party.’”....

By all appearances, Murkowski was already feeling despair about the state of the contemporary GOP. Vance’s missive almost certainly made matters worse.

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1. In case you did not know what Vance said:

On midday Saturday, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, who appears to be auditioning to serve as Trump’s running mate, published a notable item to social media. “I have a long memory,” the Ohioan wrote. “If you’re fighting Trump and his endorsed candidates politically today, don’t ask for my help in a year with your legislation or your pet projects.”

(from the longer article linked above.)