Republican Senator May Ditch GOP Over Donald Trump: Report

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Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, lamented the GOP's continued support of Donald Trump heading into November's election.

A report from CNN emerged on Sunday detailing Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski's growing frustrations about former President Donald Trump's influence over the GOP, with the Alaska lawmaker not ruling out a possible departure from the party.Murkowski is the senior U.S. senator from Alaska and was first voted into the office in 2002.

'Oh, I think I'm very independent minded,' she said. 'I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump…I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let's just leave it at that.'Newsweek reached out to Trump's office via email on Sunday morning for comment.

 

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