Local Politics · Wasilla, AK
Trump Rallies for GOP Candidates at Wasilla, Alaska Arena on Tuesday
President Trump held a campaign rally Tuesday at a 3,500-seat sports arena in Wasilla, Alaska, endorsing Senator Dan Sullivan, Representative Nick Begich, and gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson. Trump spoke about advancing drilling and mining on federal lands and gave onstage pardons to owners of an Anchorage auto shop convicted of Clean Air Act violations for disabling pollution-control equipment on diesel vehicles. He also proposed a $5,000 payment to all adult citizens if Republicans win Congress in November, a plan estimated to cost over $1 trillion that has drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Sullivan addressed the crowd praising Trump's reversal of Biden-era policies on Alaska energy.