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State Chapters => Arizona => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 22, 2022, 06:30:51 pm
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Arizona Democrats censure Sinema for blocking voting bill
By JONATHAN J. COOPER 28 minutes ago
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party’s most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many Democrats consider essential to preserving democracy.
Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party voted Saturday to censure Sinema, a symbolic condemnation for the woman who just three years ago brought the party an Arizona Senate seat for the first time in a generation.
Donors are threatening to walk away. Several groups are already collecting money for an eventual primary challenge, even though she’s not on the ballot until 2024. Young activists are holding a second hunger strike to draw attention to Sinema’s vote.
The moves offer a preview of the persistent opposition Sinema will likely face within her own party in the two years before she next appears on a ballot. The independent streak that has given her tremendous leverage over the agenda in Washington has enraged many Democrats back home who are intent on preventing her reelection.
“Any reservoir of goodwill that she had is gone,” said Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat who may challenge Sinema from the left.
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https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-kyrsten-sinema-phoenix-arizona-voting-af9409b7dbab996a1a8df329c053fce0
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Young activists are holding a second hunger strike
Here's hoping it is a long long strike... :silly:
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The moves offer a preview of the persistent opposition Sinema will likely face within her own party in the two years before she next appears on a ballot. The independent streak that has given her tremendous leverage over the agenda in Washington has enraged many Democrats back home who are intent on preventing her reelection.
“Any reservoir of goodwill that she had is gone,” said Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat who may challenge Sinema from the left.
Gallego was a big supporter of the filibuster as recently as 2020.
https://twitter.com/RubenGallego/status/1236873613157888001
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BFD. The GOP Censured McCain for his treachery, and it had zero effect.
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Here's hoping it is a long long strike... :silly:
After two days they are jones'n fo a starbucks venti salted caramel mocha frappucino with five pumps of frap roast, four pumps of caramel sauce, four pumps of caramel syrup, three pumps of mocha, three pumps of toffee nut syrup, double blended with extra whipped cream.
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BFD. The GOP Censured McCain for his treachery, and it had zero effect.
Well there is a difference, the democraps have cajones while the GOP are eunuchs