Sarah Palin is truly an American original. Love her or hate her, it would have been nice to see her finally go to D.C. after all these years.

Lisa Murkowski’s ranked-choice voting system is to blame.

Project Veritas exposed the shenanigans.

National File:

Project Veritas, a prominent right-wing investigative journalism group, released stunning video evidence showing high-level staffers in Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office admitting the Alaskan Senator was secretly supportive of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).

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Project Veritas exposed Murkowski’s campaign staffers discussing how ranked choice voting will secure a Murkowski victory and was pushed through the state legislature in 2020 to make sure she wins this election.

“They say the race is gonna come down to Kelly Tshibaka and Senator Murkowski. So, anyone who votes for Pat Chesbro first and ranks Senator Murkowski second that vote is gonna become a vote for Senator Murkowski,” explained Emma Ashlock, the campaign coordinator.

Ashlock added that RCV advocates pushed this bizarre voting protocol to help moderates like Murkowski get re-elected. “While we were working on Ballot Measure 2 and voting for Ballot Measure 2, we had Senator Murkowski in mind the whole time.”

In other words, to save her own hide, Murkowski decided to severely damage Republican’s chances of winning in Alaska in the future.

For this treason to the party, Mitch McConnell rewarded Murkowski with multiple millions of dollars.

What a grift.