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.

Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski cast a pivotal vote in the Senate's passage of the president's sweeping tax cuts and spending reductions bill on Tuesday

The Republican senator tried to explain why she advanced a far-right megabill despite serious reservations, but her reasoning doesn’t make sense.