Trump-Endorsed Senator Caught Cheating Off Opponent
Screenshot In a moment sure to go viral, an Alaskan Republican senator has been caught on film visibly cribbing an answer from his opponent in a debate.
The wild choice to blatantly cheat in front of a debate crowd was made by Trump-endorsed Sen.
Dan Sullivan on Saturday.
Sullivan was facing off against former Rep.
Mary Peltola, who is running against him for the Democrats, at a debate in Kodiak, Alaska, centered around the state’s fishing industry.
In a lightning round, the candidates were given paddles to signal yes-or-no answers.
But Sullivan got distracted shuffling paper and looking down and appeared to miss a question.
The question, “Do the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NOAA Fisheries adequately consider impacts on subsistence users, salmon migration, habitat, and Indigenous ways of life?” went unanswered by Sullivan as Peltola quickly raised her paddle to signify “no.
Sullivan still didn’t bite.
“Senator Sullivan, yes or no?” a moderator prompted him.
Sullivan then scrambled to catch up with the action around him, dropping his papers and looking up.
Then he turned to Peltola and not too subtly looked at her paddle.
Reaching for his own, he raised it in kind, turning it to display ‘no.’ The incredulous crowd laughed, and Sullivan said “sorry” and smiled sheepishly.
Posting the clip of the incident to her X account, Peltola captioned it : “Happy to help, Dan.” “Alaskans deserve a senator who knows where they stand,” Peltola added.
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