Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola mocked for using 'cue cards' at high-stakes US Senate debate

Republican Senator Dan Sullivan publicly called out Mary Peltola mid-debate after she appeared to read bullet points from a notecard while answering questions. Sullivan asked moderators whether candidates had received questions in advance — they confirmed they had not. Peltola defended herself by saying she was better prepared. The NRSC piled in on social media, with one official taunting that she could not 'string a sentence together without reading from the talking points your Lower 48 handlers wrote you'.