Senator Lisa Murkowski criticizes Donald Trump's intention to reverse the 2015 decision to rename Mount McKinley back to Denali, arguing that the mountain's traditional Alaska Native name is significant and should be preserved.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - After a nailbiter of a last-minute deal to keep the government open, Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrived back in Alaska for Christmas.
The peak was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 to 2015, honoring the 25th president, William McKinley. Trump initially backed off the renaming in 2017 after Alaska’s senators opposed the move. President Joe Biden said he’d commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole, taking the unprecedented step ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump.
A: “I tell you, it’s a little concerning for me as one who really values the fact that as an elected member of Congress, you know, you come in with the endorsements of your constituents, the representative of the people. But, here you have a billionaire — not just any billionaire, but probably the wealthiest man on the planet — who is using a megaphone and a platform to influence in a way that many would say is out of bounds.
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