'Reject the fake Dan Sullivan...': Trump takes aim at Alaska Senator, claims Democrats ‘put him up’

Donald Trump has encouraged Alaskans to vote for the “real” Dan Sullivan, as he sought a breakthrough for the Republican incumbent senator in a tightly fought Senate race complicated by a rival candidate with a near-identical name. “On November 3, we’re going to send one of the best and most respected senators in DC Dan Sullivan, the real Dan Sullivan,” Trump told a packed auditorium on Tuesday in Wasilla, a city about 45 miles (72km) north of Anchorage. He urged the audience to reject “the fake Dan Sullivan”, whom he said was “put up by” the Democrats. “That’s just cheating. They’re terrible,” the president said. “They found a guy named Dan Sullivan, they put him up to get a little confused.”