Trump says Lisa Murkowski benefited from ranked-choice voting: "Miracles happen!"

President Donald Trump criticized Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski during a competitive Alaska Senate race and a fight over the state’s ranked-choice voting system, in social media posts. He called her among the Senate’s worst members and said she opposed a Justice Department lawsuit because she wanted Democrats to win. Trump, who backs Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan against Democrat Mary Peltola, urged Alaskans to repeal ranked-choice voting and alleged without evidence that Democrats were diverting votes to a similarly named Republican candidate. The Justice Department sued to block certification of the Senate result under some circumstances if Sullivan does not win, drawing criticism from Murkowski and voting-rights experts and raising questions about federal involvement in state elections, with Senate control potentially at stake. Trump’s remark about Murkowski’s past win was part of his claim that she benefited from the voting system.