Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to the late Sen. John McCain’s 2008 campaign, told the Guardian that Trump’s endorsement of Palin was “tiring.” Palin was McCain’s running mate that year and is now seeking election to Alaska’s single seat in the House of Representatives, where Trump has endorsed her. Former US vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) and former President Donald Trump walk to a limousine after leaving Trump Tower at 56th Street and 5th Avenue on May 31, 2011 in New York. Trump is backing Palin in her campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives. Andrew Burton/Getty Images “It’s a rather tedious affair at this point,” Schmidt told The Guardian in an article published on Saturday. “The bullying of two deranged people is remarkable only in the sense that there is an open question as to whether the citizens of a democratic republic are potentially apathetic enough to allow these people to return to political power when their previous relations with it have ended in such deep shame. ” he said. Trump is holding a rally in Anchorage on Saturday to support Palin and Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is seeking re-election. The former president will also use the event to promote US Senate candidate Kelly Chibaka, who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Trump has taken aim at Murkowski, calling her a “failed candidate” and vowing to campaign against her. The senator voted to impeach the then-president after the events of January 6, 2021, and also congratulated President Joe Biden on his election victory. Tshibaka, by contrast, has raised questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, while Trump has repeatedly made baseless allegations of voter fraud and other irregularities. Schmidt was in charge of the day-to-day operations of McCain’s campaign and was the first to recommend Palin as the late senator’s running mate, although he later became a strong public critic of Palin. Schmidt has also been a vocal critic of Trump and left the Republican Party in 2018, citing the administration’s controversial policy of separating immigrant families who had crossed into the US from Mexico. Palin served as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009 before stepping down. Since then he has not held public office. He is now seeking to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Republican Rep. Don Young in March. He will run in a special election on August 16 to fill the vacancy, but there will also be a general election scheduled for November 8. A nonpartisan primary election will also be held on Aug. 16 with the top four candidates on the ballot for the November election. This is a new system in Alaska that will also see ranked-choice voting in the general election.
