Benny Johnson declares a “jihad” on “vengeful witch” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for opposing Pete Hegseth's nomination
Johnson: “I will physically travel to Alaska. Expect a massive, well-funded primary challenge for Lisa Murkowski.”
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From the January 24, 2025, edition of The Benny Show, streamed on YouTube
BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): So here's what we know. The move to put Pete's name on the floor for consideration, that's a motion that has to pass. That motion is effectively how the senators are gonna vote for the actual nomination. Right? If you don't want Pete's name on the floor, you're not gonna vote for that. So this happened yesterday. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voted against it. Those are two Republicans from Maine and from Alaska, respectively. I'm going to save my fire for Susan Collins. Susan Collins is from what is a blue state. Maine voted for Kamala Harris to their great shame. It is a state, you can see here, that sort of gets affected by the eastern seaboard of blue, and that state's population centers swing it leftward. Susan Collins is a Republican representing a blue state.
Not the same for Lisa Murkowski, who represents this right here, that state. Who represents that state? That's red Alaska. Not get tangled up here in my little earpiece. That's red Alaska. Lisa Murkowski is somebody who represents a state that votes 10 and 20 points for Donald Trump. There is literally zero reason for her to ever oppose any of Donald Trump's nominees, yet she opposed Pete Hegseth and announced that she will be voting no yesterday.
I used to live next to a Lisa Murkowski consultant in Washington DC. And that consultant would come over to my house and drink a little too much of my bourbon and would tell me all of their secrets. And let me tell you what, Lisa Murkowski, who has lost two Republican primary races, two, two, is not a Republican. She is literally a Democrat. LARP — live action role playing as a Republican. She has used Democrats, Democrat consultants, and Democrat money to maintain her seat in Alaska. She is somebody who regularly and often sides with the Democrats. She voted in favor of Alejandro Mayorkas, Lloyd Austin. She voted in favor of Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco. Lisa Murkowski voted in favor of all of Joe Biden's criminal regime, and yet she refuses to give Donald Trump picks votes. Pete Hegseth today will have to pass without the votes of multiple Republicans.
Now, Mitch McConnell did vote for Pete Hegseth to be confirmed. And so this is very interesting and not something I was planning on. But, nonetheless, this is Lisa Murkowski's state in Alaska. They have something called rank choice voting there, which is this deeply confusing model of voting that is intended to actually sabotage Republican and populist candidates by mudding the water. Lisa Murkowski is a nepo baby. She's probably IQ of 50. She's a vengeful witch. She's a nasty person like most low IQ people are. High IQ people tend to be cheerful and, like, happy, and low IQ people tend to be mean and nasty and cruel.
And so we fully look forward to supporting — I will travel to Alaska to support the primary challenge for Lisa Murkowski. I am sickened by this, and I know too much. I watched Lisa Murkowski, and I watched her entire team work in Washington, DC. These people are fit for a single party, and that is the Democrat Party. There's a party of losers. There's a party that does not have the capacity to lead or to rule. Lisa Murkowski is a blight, a scar on the face of this great movement, and she should not be allowed to call herself a Republican. So ladies and gentlemen, I — this is my jihad against Lisa Murkowski. I'm saying I'm officially ready. OK? We're officially ready. We're gonna lock in for Alaska. Expect we're — I will physically travel to Alaska. Expect a massive, well-funded primary challenge for Lisa Murkowski. You totally and completely disgust and sicken me.