Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has criticized Russia for suggestions that the country could "claim back" Alaska amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Palin, who is running for Alaska's single seat in the House of Representatives, told Newsmax on Friday that Russia is staking claim to resources that should belong to the U.S. and there are "things we can do about it."
Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that Alaska was part of Russian territory and his country could claim it back.
"I've been warning people and taking one for the team as I've been mocked forever that here we can see Russia from Alaska," Palin told the network's Eric Bolling.
She was referring to comments she had made while running for vice president in 2008 when she was mocked for comments in an ABC News interview saying Alaskans could "see Russia" from the state.
Palin said on Friday that in 1985, a woman swam from Alaska to Russia. She appears to have been referring to Lynne Cox, who swam from Alaska to the then Soviet Union in 1987.
"And yet people act like Russia's on the other side of the world and there's not much we can do about Russia," Palin said, adding that the country is not so far away that the U.S. cannot track what the Russians are doing
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has criticized Russia for suggestions that the country could "claim back" Alaska amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Palin, who is running for Alaska's single seat in the House of Representatives, told Newsmax on Friday that Russia is staking claim to resources that should belong to the U.S. and there are "things we can do about it."
Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that Alaska was part of Russian territory and his country could claim it back.
"I've been warning people and taking one for the team as I've been mocked forever that here we can see Russia from Alaska," Palin told the network's Eric Bolling.
She was referring to comments she had made while running for vice president in 2008 when she was mocked for comments in an ABC News interview saying Alaskans could "see Russia" from the state.
Palin said on Friday that in 1985, a woman swam from Alaska to Russia. She appears to have been referring to Lynne Cox, who swam from Alaska to the then Soviet Union in 1987.
"And yet people act like Russia's on the other side of the world and there's not much we can do about Russia," Palin said, adding that the country is not so far away that the U.S. cannot track what the Russians are doing
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