Contributed by Mike Coons
As you all know, I am a huge supporter of Kelly Tshibaka for the US Senate. I want to lay out a few issues that you may or may not know about Kelly, Lisa, and this upcoming rank choice voting.
First off, Kelly Tshibaka:
Watch her video announcing her running: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3902358839820651
You might have heard of her while she was Commissioner of Administration. Kelly was a guest speaker at the March Matsu Chapter of AMAC Action meeting. If you missed the meeting, you can watch it on my Facebook Page, “Coons, Mike”. https://www.facebook.com/politadick/videos/493430208687445
Kelly has an impressive resume and a record of fighting against government waste. She stands up to the insiders and is willing to fight against intense pressure. This was evident during the confirmation hearings when liberal representatives resorted to wrong, personal attacks because they couldn’t attack her for the work she has done. Bottom line is, Kelly Tshibaka, took her training and years of experience at the DOJ and other federal agencies as an inspector/investigator and used that to seriously look at the ways all the agencies she dealt with were working. Was that agency/department using the dollars in a wise and fruitful manner? Was there duplication of effort with other agencies/departments that could be combined to save time and money? Was there waste? Could procurement of like items of all or many agencies/departments be combined, thus saving time and money? These were and are just a few things Kelly Tshibaka has done over the past two years as our commissioner and 17 years before that, in DC.
That said, Kelly Tshibaka can and will take that knowledge and training and use it as our US Senator to ensure that our taxpayer dollars are being used to the full benefit, with the least fraud, waste and abuse as possible. Then of course there are other issues that will make Kelly Tshibaka an outstanding US Senator for the great state of Alaska! We must have a senator that will fight back against the new administration's attack on our state lands and resources, while they want to make Alaska into one big “park”. We must have the votes of conservatives to stop the Senate from going along with those attacks and theft of our lands. Today, the Senate is so called 50/50. For the next two years, it is iffy what will happen. Schumer may get rid of the filibuster and then pass all sorts of laws that will have grave impact to our lands and to us, Alaskans/Americans.
Another issue of course, that is near and dear to all, is our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights! No way can I or anyone predict what this next two years holds. All I can say is, “God help us all!” With Kelly Tshibaka in the Senate for the last two years of Biden/Harris or Harris/new VP, along with hopefully the Senate being taken back with a clearer majority and maybe less RINOs, our God Given Civil Rights can be maintained and if need be “returned”. It will take having Kelly Tshibaka and more senators like her to save this nation from certain take over by Communism! Yes, I am, like all of you, very concerned that we may or may not have a nation in two years. That does not mean we give up the fight for a real true conservative to replace the likes of Lisa Murkowski!
Lisa Murkowski has voted with the socialists for the past two years far too many times. She, in my opinion, flat out lied to President Trump on many occasions of her support of his policies. Lisa has voted for every Biden cabinet nominee, be that the most recent, the far-Left associate attorney general Vanita Gupta. Of course, her votes on Obamacare, Justice Kavanaugh, and voting to impeach President Trump after he was out of office are just three of the most terrible votes! I will not go further on Lisa because we all know her record, which Kelly Tshibaka will be highlighting each and every day as facts, and Lisa will call “negative campaign ads”.
I was talking to Suzanne Downing about Kelly and the upcoming race. Suzanne pointed out an error I had about Ballot Measure 2 “rules”. The “Dark Money” is only stopped for state races! This has NO impact on federal races. Thus, campaign donations to both Lisa and Kelly can and will come from “outside”. Thus, rest assured that the likes of Senator Mitch McConnel and Chuck Schumer, along with the dark money from George Soros, Environmentalist PACs, etc. will be going to Lisa. Fortunately, Kelly in my opinion, based on the latest news that people on President Trump’s campaigns will be supporting Kelly Tshibaka and the money that will be coming from that direction! That does not mean we, Alaskans, can sit and wait and watch without spending our capitol in support of Kelly Tshibaka! Lisa has a war-chest of $1.2 million to start. She has not built that up for a couple reasons. Didn't figure she would have to use it or (as I'm told), donors who are fed up with her and not donating! Make no mistake about it, the Dark Money will come in and I would bet that a lot of that money will be from socialists that believe Lisa will cave in the future!
So, in closing. Kelly Tshibaka needs campaign volunteers to help her get out the facts to as many Alaskans as we can over the next two years. That means, letters to the editors, supporters on Facebook, Parler, Gab, Twitter (if they don't toss you), talking to your friends so they tell their friends to vote for Kelly Tshibaka in November of 2022! There will be other means to help ,but as I said on the campaign funding, Kelly will need money for ads for print, radio and TV, and getting the message to Alaskans. We have 142,000 mature Alaskans, 60 years and above. If we got $10 dollars each, that would be $1.42 million! Not bad for just one demographic! NRA members, who last I heard Alaska had the highest percentage in any state, the North Slope workers, the fishery workers, small business and so many others can make a difference in having a campaign that has the means to really take the fight to Lisa Murkowski and WIN!
If you like what I have written, the quality of Kelly Tshibaka and want to take back our state and federal government, then go to www.kellyforak.com, read what Kelly says in the website and donate your time, money and support!
Let me leave you with this. I'm not rich by any means, I have a tight budget and since I'm retired a very unforgiving budget, but I am and will be putting as much time, effort and yes money toward the removal of Lisa Murkowski and replacing her with an outstanding Alaskan that is not beholden to any outside dark money, lobbyist and socialist! I fully and completely support Kelly Tshibaka, I ask that you do too!