{"id":694933,"date":"2026-10-29T11:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=694933"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:54:05","slug":"trump-calls-for-prosecution-of-dem-senate-candidate-over-dirty-ballot-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=694933","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for prosecution of Dem Senate candidate over dirty ballot trick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald J. Trump raged at Democrat Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola after a New York Times bombshell<\/a> alleged that her staffers worked to recruit a \u201cspoiler\u201d candidate with the same name as her GOP opponent.<\/p>\n

According to the paper, the alleged search bore fruit in a retired teacher from a remote fishing village in the northern state\u2019s panhandle whose name is Dan J. Sullivan. Peltola is running a surprisingly close race to take the seat from Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator.<\/p>\n

The Times report has sparked a major political firestorm less than a week before the midterm elections, with Trump\u2019s party holding onto their Senate majority for dear life, with control hinging on a number of close races, including in Alaska.<\/p>\n

In a Wednesday Truth Social post, the president addressed the rapidly blooming scandal.<\/p>\n

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It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished Republican Senator, Dan Sullivan, in order to defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the Election, thereby taking votes away from the REAL Senator, Dan Sullivan. The New York Times reports that, \u201cDemocrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska\u2019s Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run \u2014 as well as other candidates.\u201d The Democrats\u2019 false statements were made under oath in Federal Court. Therefore, they perjured themselves, and should be liable for very serious consequences. Mary Peltola should suffer the Legal and Political consequences for what she has done, A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, and Dan Sullivan should be allowed to run without either Mary Peltola or FAKE Dan Sullivan on the Ballot. President DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished Republican Senator, Dan Sullivan, in order to defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the Election, thereby taking votes away from the REAL Senator, Dan Sullivan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Times reports that, \u2018Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska\u2019s Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run \u2014 as well as other candidates.\u2019 The Democrats\u2019 false statements were made under oath in Federal Court. Therefore, they perjured themselves, and should be liable for very serious consequences,\u201d Trump\u2019s post read.<\/p>\n

\u201cMary Peltola should suffer the Legal and Political consequences for what she has done, A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, and Dan Sullivan should be allowed to run without either Mary Peltola or FAKE Dan Sullivan on the Ballot,\u201d the post concluded.<\/p>\n

You know it\u2019s serious because it\u2019s not often that Trump pumps up the New York Times, a paper that he has repeatedly savaged as \u201cfake news\u201d for its reporting.<\/p>\n

Trump later told reporters that Peltola should \u201cbe prosecuted criminally.\u201d The president did not name what she should be charged with.<\/p>\n

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President Trump accuses Democrats of creating a fake candidate in the Alaska U.S. Senate race: \u201cMary Peltola should resign from the race. I think she should be prosecuted criminally for what she did.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/OFPPwQQnOw<\/p>\n

\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) October 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to The New York Times, Peltola\u2019s denials of chicanery don\u2019t pass the smell test.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Peltola campaign has repeatedly denied any involvement in his candidacy. But The Times has found, based on interviews and text messages, along with documents prepared for a potential lawsuit against the campaign, that not only did Ms. Peltola\u2019s team work with people trying to recruit Mr. Sullivan to run for Senate, but the effort was much broader. The group worked to coax other would-be spoilers into the race, to dilute the incumbent\u2019s support and help catapult the Democrat to victory,\u201d the paper reported.<\/p>\n

In another Wednesday post<\/a> to Truth Social, Trump urged Alaskans to turn out to vote for the GOP candidate to defeat the Democrat trickery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dumocrats are trying to steal this Race by putting a FAKE Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. on the Ballot. People will not be able to figure it out, and many Votes will be lost,\u201d he said, giving Sen. Sullivan his \u201ccomplete and total\u201d endorsement.<\/p>\n

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President Donald J. Trump raged at Democrat Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola after a New York Times bombshell alleged that her staffers worked to recruit a \u201cspoiler\u201d candidate with the same name as her GOP opponent. According to the paper, the alleged search bore fruit in a retired teacher from a remote fishing village in… Continue reading Trump calls for prosecution of Dem Senate candidate over dirty ballot trick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}