Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday, but only on the condition that he supports Trump's bitter battle to oust Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
Trump endorsed Dunleavy's 2022 re-election campaign while warning the governor that he would retract the endorsement if he does not pledge his own "non-endorsement" of the three-term Republican senator. Murkowski is one of seven Republican senators who in January voted to impeach Trump for inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"Mike Dunleavy has been a strong and consistent Conservative since his time in the Alaska State Senate," Trump said in a statement. "I was proud to endorse his first run for Governor, and I am proud to support his reelection, too."
"He has my Complete and Total Endorsement but, this endorsement is subject to his non-endorsement of Senator Lisa Murkowski who has been very bad for Alaska," added Trump. "In other words, if Mike endorses her, which is his prerogative, my endorsement of him is null and void, and of no further force or effect!"
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