Trump criticizes Murkowski over ranked choice voting and election laws

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Trump criticizes Murkowski over ranked choice voting and election laws

Oct 25, 2 PM ET to Oct 26, 8 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

8outlets carried it
🫏3 · 2 · 2🐘left · center · right
1.3 dayson the front pages
8front pages at once, at its peak
186people retold it online
1 of 2parts of a saga

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Oct 25, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: News Nation
Oct 25, 4 PM ETpeak: on 8 front pages
Oct 26, 8 AM ETretold online by 186 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 25, 2 PM to Oct 26, 8 PM ET (peak 8), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

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💬 quoted: “A Lot of People Don't Know What Incumbent Means” 2 “Worst Senator, By Far.” 2 “DISGRACE!” “Republicans” “disgrace” 2 “worst senator” 3 “don't know what incumbent means” “Worst Senator” 3

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

HuffPost (2 wordings): “Trump Seethes Over GOP’s ‘Worst Senator’ Who Knocked His DOJ’s Lawsuit” → “Trump Just Named The GOP's 'Worst Senator, By Far.' Here's What Might've Ticked Him Off.”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Trump Attacks Murkowski As Alaska Senate Fight Escalates: ‘Worst Senator’” → “Trump on Alaska Ballot: ‘A Lot of People Don’t Know What Incumbent Means’”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “Trump rips Alaska’s ‘corrupt’ ranked choice voting in attack on Murkowski” → “Trump worries Alaska voters ‘don’t know what incumbent means’”

Every outlet's first headline (8), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Trump Seethes Over GOP’s ‘Worst Senator’ Who Knocked His DOJ’s Lawsuit Oct 25, 11 AM ET
Raw Story Trump has midnight meltdown over 'Republicans' worst senator': 'You don't get any worse' Oct 25, 8 AM ET
Mediaite ‘DISGRACE!’ Trump Rails Against GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski in Wild Late-Night Post on Hotly-Contested Alaska Senate Race Oct 25, 8 AM ET
News Nation Trump calls Murkowski 'disgrace' to Alaska, continues to criticize ranked-choice Oct 25, 2 PM ET
Newsweek Trump Attacks Murkowski As Alaska Senate Fight Escalates: ‘Worst Senator’ Oct 25, 9 AM ET
Just the News Trump calls Murkowski GOP's 'worst senator' Oct 25, 1 PM ET
Washington Examiner Trump rips Alaska’s ‘corrupt’ ranked choice voting in attack on Murkowski Oct 25, 10 AM ET
The Washington Sun Trump Calls Murkowski ‘Republicans’ Worst Senator’ Over Opposition to Elections Lawsuit Oct 25, 2 PM ET

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what people online made of it

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🧩 Contempt for the base 🧶 online
“Donald Trump is mocking Alaska voters by claiming they do not understand the word 'incumbent' when choosing between the two Sullivans.”
🧩 They think you're stupid 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Too stupid to understand
“Donald Trump is mocking Alaska voters by claiming they do not understand the word 'incumbent' when choosing between the two Sullivans.”

🧶 Retold online

Donald Trump is mocking Alaska voters by claiming they do not understand the word 'incumbent' when choosing between the two Sullivans. Oct 26: told by 186 people; told before on Oct 25
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 196 likes, 38 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 28 likes, 0 reposts

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🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Lisa Murkowski Alaska

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the running story it belongs to

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