Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in multiple cases, including alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents.
Art Hackney, a stalwart in Republican circles, ponders Trump’s strength in Alaska and what it means. Art Hackney, co-chair of Nikki Haley’s Alaska campaign, eyes Donald Trump’s major wins on Super Tuesday and posits a theory to explain what’s come over Republicans in Alaska and beyond: “We live in a world where a substantial number of people have lost their minds.
” “I can draw no other conclusion than that they are attracted to an authoritarian figure, maybe because of the complexity of life and the issues that we face,” said Hackney, a political consultant who has devoted his professional life to electing Republicans for more than 40 years. “And they ‘Daddy says the sky is green. OK. I don’t have to think about it anymore. The sky is green. It’s not blue.’ That is the way people are. And I’m looking at people who I thought had brains.” Alaska Republicans went all in for Donald Trump at the party-run election Tuesday. Trump won about 88% of the vote here, trouncing his last remaining Republican challenger, Haley, who on Wednesday suspended her campaign. Hackney notes that turnout was half of what it was at the last such event, in 2016, when Trump finished second to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Hackney figures non-Trump Republicans were under-represented on Tuesday.Lines formed at polling places around Alaska Tuesday night, in part because the party organized few polling places and limited hours. Some people came to vote at Anchorage Grace Church in Trump hats and sweatshirts. Airline pilot Ward Hurlburt’s support for Trump was quieter than that. He said he’s aware that a lot of people don’t approve of Trump’s behavior – the details of which Hurlburt didn’t want to discuss just then. “We’re in a church,” he said, glancing around him. But as he sees it, a president doesn’t have to have the qualities of a religious figure. “Probably the biggest reason I’m voting for him is I don’t think he’ll take us into war,” Hurlburt said. “He’s strong. He’s not afraid of fight. But because of that I don’t think we’ll go into war with him.” Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in multiple cases, including alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s Alaska campaign leader, Kelly Tshibaka, said she’s not worried that a conviction would hurt his chances of beating President Joe Biden. “We’ve already had some cases come out against him and instead what I see is that his numbers just keep rising. Even his favorability,” she said. “The polls ahead of Super Tuesday looked surprisingly positive, especially in some of these swing states.”is one of our partner stations in Anchorage. KTOO collaborates with partners across the state to cover important news and to share stories with our audiences.A second ballot initiative also cleared the initial signature hurdle. It aims to raise the state minimum wage and provide workers with sick leave. The Alaska Public Offices Commission upheld complaints that Anchorage pastor Art Mathias and groups he founded violated multiple campaign laws in their efforts to overturn Alaska’s open primaries and ranked choice voting.
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