Host and Guests
Jenny Beth Martin is co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action. She hosts The Jenny Beth Show Monday through Friday at 1 PM ET.
Scott Presler is the founder of Early Vote Action and one of the most recognized grassroots election integrity activists in the country.
Robert McNeily is a political journalist and contributor to The Jenny Beth Show. He filed this special report on the ground in Anchorage.
Bernadette Wilson is a Republican candidate for Governor of Alaska and a co-sponsor of Ballot Initiative #2 to repeal ranked-choice voting in Alaska.
Key Topics Covered
•The SAVE America Act and the four Republican senators who voted no
•The grassroots pressure campaign to flip Senator Lisa Murkowski
•Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend as a model for an Alaska-specific amendment
•Bernadette Wilson's gubernatorial campaign and Ballot Initiative #2
•The third assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
•Capitol switchboard call-to-action: 202-224-3121
•Scott Presler's pledge to return for the 2028 Alaska Senate primary
Timestamped Breakdown
00:18 — Jenny Beth opens the Alaska recap
01:06 — Scott Presler in Fairbanks: roll-call legislation test
03:51 — The four Republican senators who voted to block the SAVE America Act
04:56 — Ballot Initiative #2 and repealing ranked-choice voting
07:30 — Speaking to Alaska women on proof of citizenship
09:11 — The Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
10:07 — Jenny Beth Martin takes the mic in Fairbanks
11:11 — Reflecting on the third assassination attempt on President Trump
17:44 — How the SAVE America Act began with a 2024 call with Senator Mike Lee
22:09 — Voter ID added and the Senate floor stall
25:09 — Solving for Alaska using the Permanent Fund Dividend model
30:38 — Bernadette Wilson on repealing ranked-choice voting
37:07 — Scott Presler in Anchorage: 123 days of asking nicely
40:52 — Naming the four senators who blocked the bill from reconciliation
46:09 — Scott's promise to return for the 2028 Alaska Senate primary
47:02 — Jenny Beth in Anchorage on Charlie Kirk and the path forward
1:01:18 — Reconciliation 3.0 and the road ahead
1:08:33 — Sullivan correction and episode close
Links Mentioned
•jennybethshow.com
•teapartypatriots.org
•Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121