NBC's Ryan Nobles asked Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski about her eventual "yes" vote for the "Big, Beautiful" bill. RYAN NOBLES, NBC: Senator Paul said that your vote was a bailout for Alaska at the expense of the rest of the country.

Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski tried to explain why she voted for the Republican megabill despite serious reservations. Her reasoning didn't make sense.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who voted against the bill, said Republicans could have won his vote by changing a provision related to the government’s legal borrowing limit, but they chose “pork and subsidies for Alaska” instead. Asked about Paul’s comment by NBC News, Murkowski froze and gave a reporter a death stare.