Murkowski do not say that she is not going to speak up. She said the opposite.

The person doing the video says "I used to be an avid supporter of Elon Musk up until about a year ago." There's no saint like a reformed sinner.

Here is some of what Murkowski actually said:

"We are all afraid," Murkowski said. “It’s quite a statement,” she continued after a long pause. “We’re in a time and place where — I don’t know, I certainly have not — I have not been here before. And I’ll tell you, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real. And that’s not right. But that’s what you’ve asked me to do and so I’m going to use my voice to the best of my ability.”

She said she is going to "figure out how I can do my best to help the many who are so anxious and are so afraid."

Murkowski has repeatedly criticized Trump’s policies amid overwhelming buy-in from her fellow party members. The Alaska senator openly rebuked the president for “walking away from our allies” as he increasingly aligned himself with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and publicly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. She has also voiced strong opposition against the Department of Government Efficiency’s mass firing wave and slash-and-burn efforts to cut down government agencies.

Murkowski last month said she refused to “compromise my own integrity” by remaining silent as Elon Musk’s DOGE slashed through government agencies, ending longstanding federal programs and putting thousands of federal employees out of work.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/lisa-murkowski-trump-retaliation-00295852