Tshibaka begs for more money, while claiming nefarious forces are conspiring against her

Rather than wait for all the votes to be counted, Kelly Tshibaka decided to go on Steve Bannon’s post-election whinefest, making a desperate plea for more money.

“The hard reality of it Steve is, this might come down to things like recounts and lawsuits,” said Tshibaka.

Tshibaka, who has been a Christian pastor and a resident of Washington, D.C. for most of her adult life, has repeated many lies throughout her campaign. She is continuing true to form after Election Day, suggesting that nefarious forces are out to get her.

What she needs is money, she said.

“Please give and please help us finish this fight well,” she said.

Steve Bannon’s website said Tshibaka was running for governor, but that’s the least of the errors and false statements disseminated on her behalf.

Stealing a page from the Trump playbook, she hinted that the “Murkowski dynasty” and the “Murkowski monarchy” are trying to torpedo her.

“We’re anticipating a whole bunch of shenanigans here in these next couple months between now and January to try and hold onto the Murkowski monarchy. And that’s why I really need your help,” she begged.

There is no evidence that this is true. She is lying. Just as she lied when she repeated Trump’s lies about the stolen election in 2020.

“Our race is not over and I’m not gonna give up this fight. We need to make sure that this seat stays, especially now the Senate is gonna be so close.”

If Tshibaka can “flip this seat,” it will be almost like a “flipped seat” because she is “America First.”

“If we can turn this seat, it’s almost counted like a flipped seat for us because we can depend on it being America First and a dependable conservative vote,” she said.

Bannon, who has yet to serve his four-month prison term for criminal contempt of Congress, witnessed defeat after defeat for most of his favorite extremist candidates Tuesday. As the Atlantic put it, the results were “disastrous for Bannon and his band of cranks.”

Bannon seemed bewildered by the Alaska Senate vote.

Tshibaka said “they” will declare a winner in her race later this month. But she is already doing the groundwork to claim “they” cheated her.

“They’ll tell us who they declare the winner and have the final results the night before Thanksgiving, Nov. 23rd. But then if there are challenges to the election and we have to go into disputes or recounts or litigation, it will take longer, absolutely. And so we’re anticipating and bracing for that. And we know that we’ve got all the way until January before they need to swear someone in, and so the timeframe could drag out until then.”

“We’re bracing for that fight and we’re ready for it,” said Tshibaka.
This is not a surprise. Tshibaka and her handlers had warned that they would dispute the election results if she lost.

With thousands of ballots yet to be counted, the U.S. Senate race remains undecided, though Murkowski is likely to win under the ranked choice system when the second-choice ballots of Pat Chesbro’s voters are tallied Nov. 23.

“We knew this was gonna happen. I’ve been saying this whole time, this race is tied 50/50 and that’s exactly where we are right now,” she said.

That’s not true. Before the election, she predicted she would be ahead by nine points or double digits. She leads now, with just over 44 percent, while Murkowski has almost 43 percent.

“We’re now in a nail-biting race where we don’t know how it’s gonna turn out. And that’s why we’ve got to be ready for anything.”

“This race is leaning in our favor and that’s great. But we have to stay in the game and we have to continue to fight. And we have to be there on our guard, watching those ballots and making sure everything’s going according to plan. And ready for any lawsuits to drop from the opponent.”

“We can win this seat. And this will be like a pick-up seat for us because we’ve gotta hold our line in the Senate,” she said.

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