NRT briefing
Alaska Dem Senate hopeful Mary Peltola mocked for using ‘cue cards’ in high-stakes debate
Based on reporting by New York Post.
The Brief
Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful Mary Peltola faced ridicule Thursday night after appearing to use notecards during a debate with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, drawing mocking responses from GOP critics. Sullivan wrote on X, "Really, Mary? Reading off a script? You can't cue-card your way through the Senate."
The debate, rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report, is a key battleground in the fight for Senate control. Sullivan also confronted Peltola over allegations she mistreated former staffers, which she rejected as "outright fabrications or mass exaggerations of the truth."
The candidates also sparred over Alaska's proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline, with Peltola cautioning against "promoting falsehoods that just have no substance."