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Murkowski Struggles With Whether To Support Trump Reelection

The GOP senator from Alaska says she agrees with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' sharp rebuke of the president. The public critique from an ex-Cabinet official exposed a split within the party.

Updated at 8:41 p.m. ET

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska said Thursday she isn't sure she can support President Trump's bid for reelection.

"I think right now as we are, as we are all struggling to ... find ways to express the words that need to be expressed appropriately, questions about who I am going to vote for or not going to vote for, I think are distracting to the moment," Murkowski told reporters.

"I know people might think that's a dodge, but I think there are, there are

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