President Donald Trump says federal authorities are "looking into" Dan Sullivan, and independent challenger who goes by the same name as the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-AK, in the Alaska Senate race. Trump made the statement in an interview with Fox News after a campaign rally in Alaska on Tuesday night.
He suggested the second Sullivan's presence in the race is a "hoax" by Democrats to syphon voters away from the Republican candidate. "We are looking, I can't say federal, but we are looking into it. We have, I call him the real Dan Sullivan, a great senator from Alaska.
And in the race, they put somebody named Dan Sullivan who knows nothing about politics. His name happens to be Dan Sullivan. They even wanted to change his middle initial, which was different.
They wanted to make it an S so that it could be exactly correct. I think it's just terrible that they did it," Trump said. SEEING DOUBLE: SECOND DAN SULLIVAN ADVANCES, SETTING UP BIZARRE ALASKA SENATE BALLOT "And actually, he got two points or something in the primary.
The real Dan Sullivan won it, but... It's another hoax by the Democrats," he added. Trump also weighed in on the gubernatorial race in Alaska, where he has endorsed GOP candidate Bernadette Wilson.
Other GOP candidates have been hangers-on in the race, despite Wilson winning the primary. Trump called on her Republican competitor, Dave Bronson, to drop out of the race. "He doesn't have to, but he should, because, frankly, he lost in the primary by substantial numbers to Bernadette.
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