Schumer’s Alaska Scheme Just BLEW UP 4 Days Before the Election!

The most powerful Democrat in America just got named out loud on camera by the President of the United States. That's right, folks. Chuck Schumer, act surprised. I'll wait. I'm still waiting. Yeah, this is about Alaska, guys, and a man named Dan Sullivan. Well, technically, two men named Dan Sullivan, because apparently one wasn't confusing enough. Now, here's the twist, folks. Beating Senator Dan Sullivan is pretty hard. Finding another Dan Sullivan, well, this is just homework. Now, according to the New York Times, yes, I know, that New York Times, the paper that usually kind of needs a fainting couch before it criticizes a Democrat, people tied to Mary Peltola's campaign and DSCC, they went shopping They combined the voter rolls. They sent a mystery man with a fake name flying into tiny fishing towns, buying beers at brew pubs, asking, hey buddy, is your name Dan Sullivan? Ever wanted to be a senator? No experience necessary. Now folks, this is not a campaign. This is a casting call for a bad Netflix movie. And so now, the whole thing is falling apart faster than a Biden press conference. Peltola's own former campaign manager says that Peltola knew. The DOJ is knocking. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy just ordered a state investigation and President Donald Trump says that it's all done in conjunction with Chuck Schumer. In conjunction with Chuck Schumer. This is the same Chuck Schumer, the slime king of Capitol Hill, who handpicks the people that that are running the DSCC, but I'm pretty sure he had no idea. I mean, he only runs the place. The election is three days away, folks. Early voting is open. Somewhere in Alaska, a grandma is squinting at her ballot like it's a Where's Waldo page. Real Dan? Rental Dan? Eenie, meenie, miney, moe? Yeah, well, today, guys, we're going to go ahead and follow the money. We name the names, and we show you exactly what the network skipped while they were calling this politics as usual. Anyway, guys, before we jump in, if you or somebody you love is on Medicare, maybe turning 65 years old, check out Chapter, guys. Free Medicare help. They're saving the average senior about $1,100 a year. And I left their phone number down below in the description of this video, 909-563-8279. And I'm hearing that there are much shorter hold times on the weekends nowadays. Give them a shout. Let them know that your friend Ron told you to give them a call and tell them I said hello. Now, if you're new here, guys, go ahead and hit subscribe. Chuck would really prefer that you probably didn't. So obviously, do it for Chuck. Hey, by the end of the show, if you like it, just hit the like button. Totally appreciate that support. Picture the president of the United States standing at the podium, cameras flashing, reporters are leaning in, and then he says it. It was done in conjunction with Chuck Schumer and everybody else. Boom. Not some random staffer, not some intern who got a little bit too creative. Chuck Schumer, guys, the top Democrat in the entire United States Senate, the slime king of Capitol Hill himself. President Trump, he called the whole thing what it looks like. A fraud. Then a reporter asked him the big one, if Mary Peltola wins, should Republicans refuse to seat her? President Trump's answer, you're going to have to see what happens. This is not a no, folks. So let me ask you, right now, yes or no, did Chuck Schumer organize this whole thing? I'll go first. Yes. In the Alaska Senate race, there are two Dan Sullivans on the midterm election ballot, and that has angered incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan and President Donald Trump, both of whom accused Democrats of intentionally trying to confuse Alaska's voters. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that campaign staffers for former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola, now running for the U.S. Senate, tried to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan. While not illegal, the effort has led Alaska's Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy to order an investigation into alleged election manipulation. President President Trump weighed in on the controversy prior to leaving for South Carolina. On Thursday, so nobody's going to know what to do. That's a fraud and it shouldn't be allowed to happen and it was done. In conjunction with Schumer and everybody else, it's called voter fraud. Also on Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance echoed the president's comments. And it's disgraceful. So whether it's criminal or not, she certainly has committed, I think, a great moral failing, and hopefully the voters of Alaska punish her. Peltola's campaign in a statement said it has had no involvement with either Sullivan campaign. Earlier, Alaska's Supreme Court ruled both men should remain on the ballot, and the ballot itself is clear. Daniel J. Sullivan has no modifiers, while Daniel S. Sullivan has the words incumbent and Republican next to his name. Now, let's go ahead and rewind to summer 2025. Picture a small campaign office in Alaska. Midnight, one desk lamp. A staffer on Mary Peltola's campaign gets an assignment. According to the New York Times, The instructions were simple, find every Dan Sullivan in Alaska, all of them. So the staffer opens up the vote records and starts scrolling, name after name after name, and every time, every time Sullivan comma Dan pops up, go ahead and highlight that yellow marker. Now I want you to think about that, okay? Now most campaigns search for the best candidate, smart, honest, but this group, they're shopping for the best name tag. Experience? Didn't matter. Ideas? Didn't matter. Pulse? Optional. As long as the name on the ballot matched the real Senator Dan Sullivan, you were hired. This is not a campaign strategy. This is a game of guess who with your vote. Do you know someone who swears elections can't be gamed? Go ahead and send them this video. Tell them read the ballot twice. Go ahead, I'll wait for you guys. Chuck certainly will not. Now it gets a little spy movie weird right now. Picture a tiny bush plane bouncing onto a gravel runway in the middle of nowhere, Alaska. The door opens, out steps a stranger in a parka. According to the New York Times, he's this mysterious operative from the Midwest, using a fake name. Where does he go? The brewpub, obviously. He slides a beer across the bar and kind of leans in. Hey there, buddy. Your name, Dan Sullivan? Ever thought about the U.S. Senate? James Bond? James Bond, I think he did martinis, didn't he? This guy had Alaskan amber ale and a voter list. Now, here's what nobody wants to answer. Who paid for it? Plane tickets are not free. Hotels are not free. Those beers sure are not free. Somebody sign those checks. Follow the money, guys. Money leaves footprints, even in Alaskan snow. So who did Mr. Fake Name find? Meet Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, Alaska, a tiny little fishing town that you can only reach by plane or by boat. No roads in, no roads out. This spring, he announced that he's running for the United States Senate. Retire on Friday, run for Senate on Monday. He made it through the primary, guys. And on November 3rd, his name sits right on the ballot, Right next to the real Senator Dan Sullivan. His history? Well, he says he got in on his own. He's even registered as a Republican. Sure, Dan. And I'm a ballerina. President Donald Trump says that this guy doesn't even campaign. So here's my idea. Put him under oath. One question. Why now? Seriously, why are you running for Senate right now? Because somewhere a veteran is squinting at this ballot wondering which Dan is the real one. So now we need to go ahead and talk about Let's talk about who broke this story. Not some guy in a podcast in his garage. The New York Times, guys, the gray lady herself. In fact, the paper that treats Democrats like fine China. The Times built this story on 12 sources, text messages, documents, receipts stacked on receipts. So when the New York Times is doing your homework for you, your house is not just on fire. OK, so once you are able to confirm this account, what exactly do you come to understand? is the real story of how the other Dan Sullivan ends up in this U.S. Senate race in Alaska. Here's what I learned. Last summer, top Peltola aides huddled up with senior Democratic operatives. They were concerned that the Republican Party could play some sort of trick and get another Democrat on the ballot to take votes away from Mary Peltola. So they decided they would strike first. Fascinating. They came up with a plan to recruit other candidates onto the Senate ballot. The goal was to divide Republican voters. And hope that some of them would vote for these alternative candidates on the ballot, depriving Senator Sullivan of a vote and indirectly benefiting Mary Peltola, the Democrat. As part of that, a Peltola staff member was instructed to create a list of the Dan Sullivans in Alaska. All of the Dan Sullivans in Alaska. Yeah, as many of them as they could find. And how does the Peltola campaign and these Democratic operatives ultimately persuade one of these? So what we know is this group of top Democrats brought in an operative on the ground in Alaska. He was a veteran Democrat from Ohio named Jared Kurtz. And what I learned was that Jared Kurtz's recruitment effort was not limited to just Dan Sullivan's. Kurtz's job was to recruit people who might be interested in running for Senate and essentially pack the ballot. And we know that he spoke with at least a handful of people in Alaska, occasionally using pseudonyms to try to obfuscate who he was working for because... As you can imagine, he was trying to get Republicans on the ballot, and they would probably not be very amenable to being part of a Democratic plot. He lied. Yeah, I mean, I talked to somebody who said he met a guy named Zane. This is the pseudonym that Kurtz was going by. He said, hey, have you ever considered running for Senate? What do you think? We really think you should do it. But this guy was not telling this would-be candidate who he was working for or who was behind this push. Jared Kurtz was giving periodic updates on his progress to this group of Peltola aides and National Democrats. On one of these calls, he told them that he had made contact with a man named Dan J. Sullivan, who lived in Petersburg. What he told them on this call was that this Dan Sullivan was open to the idea of running for Senate if it would help Mary Paltola, because This Dan Sullivan didn't like Trump, and he didn't really want to be a politician, but he would consider doing it if it would be helpful. Oh, and then the dominoes fell. The Associated Press, CNN, Reuters, Axios, PBS, even The Guardian. Picture the newsroom at CNN. Somebody reads the headline, long pause. Do we have to run this? Yes, you do have to run this. Nobody can sweep this under the rug. The rug is gone. Somebody sold it at the yard sale. Oh, and Chuck Schumer, yeah. Chuck Schumer, he's probably canceling his subscription right about now. But of course, the Times had something even better than documents. They had an insider, Elisa Rios. That's right, Mary Peltola's former campaign manager. Not the coffee runner, not the sign guy, the person who ran the whole war room. And what does she say? Peltola knew tonight the tale of two Dan Sullivans rocking the critical Senate race in Alaska, now leading to a criminal investigation. It's a mess and we're going to unravel it. Alaska's governor announcing the state probe into whether Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign should face charges for what he calls deliberately tricking voters. This is really problematic for not just this, their campaign, but again, for the for election integrity. A U.S. official telling NBC News the Justice Department issued as many as three dozen new subpoenas as part of a federal probe, all after the bombshell report in The New York Times about a secret Democratic plot to sabotage the campaign of Republican Senator Dan Sullivan by placing another candidate with the same name on the ballot to confuse GOP voters. The Times, citing, quote, interviews and text messages. Along with documents reporting Peltola's campaign worked with National Democrats to recruit would-be spoilers, eventually finding a man named Dan J. Sullivan to run. Tonight, Senator Sullivan blasting the alleged plot. Mary Peltola and the DSCC were the ones who put together this scheme and think so little of Alaskans that they thought they can trick them. According to The Times, another man currently on the ballot Drywall contractor Gerald Heikas says he was also recruited to run against Senator Sullivan. Peltola's former campaign manager, who was fired, told the Times Peltola was definitely aware of the plot, but she then sought to retract her statements. Peltola and the Democrat Senate campaign committee denied the report. This is just another distraction. It's another diversion. Every day, it's some new, you know, look over here moment. Tonight, people familiar with the federal investigation tell NBC News it's looking into possible wire fraud or conspiracy to deprive Alaska voters of a free and fair elections process, which could be a civil rights violation. So, Ryan, let's pick it up right there. All of this unfolding after already tens of thousands of Alaskans have voted. Yeah, that's right, Tom. Close to 60,000 votes have already been cast. And remember, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that Dan J. Sullivan earned his spot on the ballot legally, but they did order a note on the ballot to mark who was the incumbent. In this tight race, this story could have a big impact on who wins next week. Wow. Peltola knew, guys. Meanwhile, the campaign insists it had no involvement. Never heard of Dan Sullivan in its life. Must be awkward when your own campaign manager says otherwise. So here comes the spin. She was fired in August. She's just bitter. Okay, fine. Bitter people still keep text messages. Rios walking out the front door with a cardboard box, a plant, a stabler, and a whole lot of receipts. Rule number one in politics, folks. Never fire the person who knows where the bodies are buried. I mean, the Sullivans are buried. Now let's connect the dots. Grab some yarn and a cork board. The Times says senior aides at DSCC were part of this. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Big name, big money. And who runs the DSCC? Chuck Schumer used to chair it. Today, he handpicks its leaders. He steers money into it. He picks the bosses, and then the bosses team basically help push the fake Sullivan. So Chuck Schumer, he's been in Washington a good, what, over 40 years, Senate since 1999. Chuck Schumer knows every hallway, every back door, every trick in the building, and he wanted Alaska bad guys. In 2025, Chuck Schumer personally I personally courted Mary Peltola to run a Schumer link group. Spent over $600,000 on ads trashing Sullivan. Why? Because Alaska could decide who controls the Senate. So no, Chuck Schumer, he didn't need to be at the brew pub. He owns the brewery. So what do Peltola's campaign and the DSCC say? No involvement. Right. A mystery man with a fake name. He flew around Alaska buying beers for Dan Sullivan's and nobody sent him. He just really He really loves Alaska that much and And then comes the back-up plan. When We Didn't Do It stops working, they switch to, well, it's technically legal. And yes, back in June, the Alaska Supreme Court let the second Sullivan stay on the ballot. But listen, guys, technically legal is what people say after they get caught. It's not a denial. It's more like a shrug and a necktie. You guys remember Nancy Pelosi? You know, short, small lady related to Gavin Newsom of California? We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it. Same playbook, guys. Vote first. Find out which Sullivan you pick later. Washington's oldest trick in the book, confuse first, explain never. That bombshell new report alleging that Democrats launched a scheme to confuse voters in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. It's that Senate race in Alaska where Democrat Mary Peltola is running against a Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan. But there's a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot. And now the New York Times is reporting. Peltola's campaign was behind an effort to recruit that other Dan Sullivan as a spoiler and that the candidate herself was aware. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe is here with the latest. Ed, good evening. There's a lot here. There is, Tony, and it's important because Alaska's Senate race is one of the 10 competitive battleground races that will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Tonight's revelations have both parties pointing fingers at each other. Tonight, the Alaska Senate race between Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democratic candidate Mary Peltola is drawing fresh scrutiny because of a third candidate on the ballot, an independent, also named Dan Sullivan. Election security really is the key to fighting D.C. corruption. The New York Times reports aides to Peltola helped recruit the other Dan Sullivan in hopes of confusing voters on the state's ballot and helping her secure the win. President Trump called it a fraud on the American public and said Peltola shouldn't be allowed to run. They should be taken off the ballot, and number two, they should be prosecuted. The Peltola campaign repeatedly denies any involvement in either Sullivan candidacy. But the Times reports a staffer for Peltola was asked in the summer of 2025 to find as many people named Dan Sullivan as you can. They ended up settling on Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from a small fishing village with little political experience. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment, but previously told the Times he had no contact with Peltola's campaign. All of a sudden he decides to run for the Senate, and his name is Dan Sullivan. Trump admitted last week he ordered the Justice Department to ask a federal court to block certification of the race in the event the sitting Senator Dan Sullivan loses. I feel like this is yet another diversion from the issue that Alaskans want to talk about, which is affordability. The Peltola campaign doesn't deny the reports they helped recruit the other Dan Sullivan, but says it has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign. We should point out recruiting third party contenders to confuse voters is done by both parties and is not illegal. Now, this is my favorite part, guys, the irony. A while back, Mary Peltola was on camera. Somebody said that it should be a criminal offense to lie or mislead the electorate. Her answer, yes, let's work for that. Mary, we have never agreed with you more. Now, let this sink in, guys. The candidate who Who cheered for pushing anyone who misleads voters now has a campaign accused of putting a copy-paste Sullivan on the ballot. You can't even make this stuff up, guys. The level of hypocrisy is off the chain. Well, apparently you can't. You can't make this stuff up because they've just implemented it. All you need is a voter list and a guy with a fake name. Even Richard Nixon would be shaking his head. Watergate had dirty tricks. This one has a casting call. So, Mary, we'd like to kind of take you up on this. Let's work for that, starting with Alaska. In fact, starting with your campaign. Now, I already know what a lot of you guys are thinking right now. Wake me up when somebody's in handcuffs, right? Handcuffs, arrested, that kind of thing. Fair. We have all heard the word investigation at least a thousand And then nothing, crickets, but this time. Count the knocks, guys. Knock number one, the DOJ is issuing subpoenas in a criminal probe. Knock number two, the DOJ lawsuit that President Donald Trump ordered to block certification if the fake Sullivan's vote swings the race. It even asks whether those votes were really meant for Senator Dan Sullivan. Knock number three, Governor Mike Dunleavy ordered Alaska's Department of Public Safety to investigate. Are criminal charges warranted here? Knock number four. House Republicans are opening their own probe, guys. Is it handcuffs yet? No, but for Washington, this is lightning speed. I mean, picture it. Four doors, four knocks, same neighborhood. Chuck Schumer, you might want to go ahead and put some pants on there, buddy. So now the rats are jumping ship. Reports are now saying that Lisa Murkowski is accusing Peltola's campaign of a cover-up. Lisa Murkowski, guys, the same Lisa Murkowski who has defended Peltola, who just endorsed a Democrat for governor of Alaska. When Lisa Murkowski ditches you, you're not losing allies. You're losing the furniture. This is kind of like the family dog testifying against you. The family dog. He's like digging up evidence in the backyard right after he licked his balls. President Donald Trump, he isn't waiting around either. He is demanding Peltola drop out of the race. Oh, and here's the question that just keeps me up at night. If they try this in Alaska, a state where everybody knows everybody, what's happening in New York, New York City, Chuck Schumer's own backyard? What about California, in places where nobody's looking? Look, I'm just asking, somebody should, because one fake Sullivan, this is a scandal. A pattern? Well, a pattern, this is a playbook, guys. Three days until November 3rd, and early voting is already open, which means some Alaskans have already walked Walked into that booth, looked at two Dan Sullivans and guessed. Well, I hope this is the real one. Real Dan. Rental Dan. Flip a coin. I really can't tell. Guys, this is not democracy. This is a carnival game. And the prize is a seat in the United States Senate. So who pays? The staffer with the list. The mystery man with the fake name. The DSCC. And if the trail leads all the way to Chuck Schumer's desk, him too. Nobody is above the law. Not in Alaska. Not anywhere. This isn't just dirty politics, this is a betrayal of every voter who trusted that the name on the ballot actually meant something. Two Dan Sullivans, one real, one rented. Read it twice, guys. This is how we put America first. Before you go, I want you to think of one person who still believes that kind of thing doesn't happen here. Go ahead and send them this video. Go ahead and tell them to read Read the ballot twice. You want to know who pays and when? Join the Ron Yates newsletter. There's a link down below. When these subpoenas turn into names, you're going to hear it first. Links in the description down below. 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