Former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday night she is running for her state’s congressional seat after years away from the national spotlight.
, “If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place, I would be humbled and honored. In a heartbeat, I would.”
Announcing her candidacy Friday, Palin criticized liberal stances on immigration and called for “energy security” while saying the federal government should let the “free market” reign. “I realize that I have very big shoes to fill,” she wrote. Palin has allied herself with former president Donald Trump, whom she endorsed early in 2016, well before he came to define the GOP. Like Trump, Palin frames herself as an anti-establishment figure who speaks her mind.“We need people like Donald Trump who has nothing to lose, like me,” Palin said on Fox News last month. “We’ve got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy-pussy stuff that’s been going on.
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