Posted on Apr 18, 2022
Sarah Palin is attempting a comeback in Alaska, but her star has dimmed at home
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To her followers around the country, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a beloved culture warrior.
"Right-winging, bitter-clinging, proud clingers of our guns, our God, our religion and our Constitution," is how Palin described the culture she is fighting for in 2016, while on stage with Donald Trump to endorse his run for president.
Other than the "bitter" part, that description would seem to fit Alaskan retiree and Vietnam veteran Ron Johnson, right down to the American flag t-shirt he wears under a camouflage-printed fleece jacket.
Johnson lives about 25 miles from Palin's hometown of Wasilla, the heartland of Alaska conservatism. He's got a Trump sign by his driveway, and he's certainly a proud gun owner.
"Once you get into it, no telling how many guns you'll have. Just right here, there's one above me," he told a visitor at the front door of his log home. "And two set in here, and one on my waist."
Johnson voted for Palin for governor. But now that she's running for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat? Even this right-wing, gun-toting Republican doesn't want her to win.
To her followers around the country, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a beloved culture warrior.
"Right-winging, bitter-clinging, proud clingers of our guns, our God, our religion and our Constitution," is how Palin described the culture she is fighting for in 2016, while on stage with Donald Trump to endorse his run for president.
Other than the "bitter" part, that description would seem to fit Alaskan retiree and Vietnam veteran Ron Johnson, right down to the American flag t-shirt he wears under a camouflage-printed fleece jacket.
Johnson lives about 25 miles from Palin's hometown of Wasilla, the heartland of Alaska conservatism. He's got a Trump sign by his driveway, and he's certainly a proud gun owner.
"Once you get into it, no telling how many guns you'll have. Just right here, there's one above me," he told a visitor at the front door of his log home. "And two set in here, and one on my waist."
Johnson voted for Palin for governor. But now that she's running for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat? Even this right-wing, gun-toting Republican doesn't want her to win.
Sarah Palin is attempting a comeback in Alaska, but her star has dimmed at home
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