“I’m kind of excited about being called a ‘loser,’” Sen. Thom Tillis told The Independent. Murkowski told The Independent that last year she had voted to confirm Noem but would likely not do so today. “It's his call as to who he keeps in this position, whether it's Secretary Noem or someone else, I understand that, and he'll decide,” she said. Murkowski voted against his attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and voted to convict him for his actions on Jan. 6. After the killing of Pretti, Murkowski called for a full investigation, along with a handful of other Republicans.