Donald Trump Is Reportedly Seeking Revenge On Alaska Over Health Care Vote – HuffPost

PresidentDonald Trumpmade clear his dissatisfaction with Sen.Lisa Murkowski(R-Alaska)Wednesday,whenhe tweetedthat she let down her party and the nation by voting againstRepublicans attempts to repealObamacare.

But apparently Trumps public disapproval is not the only way the administration plans to make his anger known.

TheAlaska Dispatch Newsreported Wednesday night that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called Murkowski and fellow Alaskan Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) after Tuesdays health care vote to let them knowher positionhad put some of their state-specific projects in jeopardy particularly those pertaining to energy.

Sullivan told the outlet that Zinkes phone call carried a troubling message, and the interior secretary made it clear to him that the call was in response to Murkowski voting no on the motion to proceed on Tuesday.

She was only one of two Republicans, along with Sen.Susan Collins(Maine), to break from party lines on the vote.

While Murkowski did not respond to Alaska Dispatch News requests for comment regarding the phone call, the senator seemed unfazed by the presidents attempts at publicly shaming her.

Were here to govern. Were here to legislate,Murkowski told MSNBCafter Trump sent his tweet. Were here to represent the people who sent us here. Every day shouldnt be about campaigning.

Murkowski does not face reelection until 2022.

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