'Gotta run!' Senate Republican flees forum when confronted on broken promise

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) had a simple answer when a constituent confronted him about a broken campaign promise at a public forum this month — he ran. Sullivan was wrapping up a Zoom session at ComFish, Alaska's commercial fishing conference, when someone on the call put him on the spot. "Hey Senator, do you have a second for one more question?" asked Jacob Carlson. "Nope, I've got to run, I've got a 5 o'clock press conference.

And I've got to prepare for it," Sullivan said. "Oh but why did you break your pledge to return the money you took from the Pebble Mine CEO?" Carlson asked. Sullivan's response was swift. "I gotta run.

Thanks!" he said — and disappeared. "Why did you break your pledge? To return the money?" Carlson demanded to know. But the senator had already left. "Ok. With ...