Thank You, Sinema, Very Helpful! | Talking Points Memo

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) emerged from her White House meeting yesterday without telling Biden what exactly she objects to in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill for infrastructure, only that she still objects to it, according to Politico.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1389005

Sinema has not been told what she objects to by her billionaire owners yet. Once they hand her their talking points she will more than happily parrot them.

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“She reportedly won’t give specifics until after the bipartisan infrastructure bill has been passed.”

Hope she didn’t really say that.

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She reportedly won’t give specifics until after the bipartisan infrastructure bill has been passed

Are we sure about this? Perhaps she just hadn’t had a chance to check with McConnell.

Sinema is a waste, and hopefully will not be running as a Democrat in 2022, so that we can get another Democratic senator in AZ to go with Mark Kelly

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The MAGAts could look kind comparatively to the Old School Republicans when you see what the AZ Democratic Party has in store for Sen. Fuck Off.

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More Than 130 Federal Judges Oversaw Cases Involving Their Financial Interests

Finally a place where the media can go to town on their ‘both-siderism’. I’ve not seen a ratio on the Democratic vs Republican appointed, but they are ALL shameful, and should be impeached if they refuse to step down.

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She hasn’t actually read the bill nor does she care much about what’s in it. This is all about getting attention; nothing more.

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Regarding Sinema… this appears to be her M O.

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Literally the only reason for Sens. Manchin and Sinema not to tell us what they want before the mini bill out passes is that they know their demands would lead to the mini bill not passing. I’m other words, their demands would be totally unacceptable.

We should vote the mini bill down and see what happens.

My only concern is that I suspect Manchin wants to make a deal, just on his terms, while Sinema might be perfectly happy just to watch it all burn.

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We can only hope, except not:

Kyrsten Sinema (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arizona. She assumed office on January 3, 2019. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Kyrsten Sinema - Ballotpedia

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Her smug mug in now ubiquitous photographs has now bubbled to the top of my very long list of annoying things. The competition is fierce but there she is.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) that despite war hawks’ howls over Biden’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, staying in the country for another year wouldn’t have been any more successful for the U.S:

Who knew?

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We seem to be in a new political world now. I may be over-relying on this metaphor, but unlike previous sociopathic pols who often threatened to ‘drive the car over the cliff’ as a bargaining tactic, the GOP caucus and Sens. Senema and Manchin really seem prepared to do it. I don’t know why people who call themselves Dems would be willing wreck the agenda of a Dem president and potentially hand the midterms (and potentially even the WH) to the GOP, but that seems to be where we are.

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Guess Sinema got a lot of checks at her fundraiser yesterday.

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Because, while they may CALL themselves Dems, they really aren’t. Wolf in sheep’s clothing, both of them. Manchin is a bit of a surprise because he’s been fairly reliable over the life of his career, but how did AZ not recognizing Sinema? Or was she playing a part and these are now her true colors?

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Biden knew.

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Add the Debt ceiling increase to the Reconciliation Bill and dare the traitors/liars Manchin, Sinema and Gothhiemer to vote against it.

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I hope Senator Wardrobe will eventually herself become just a dusty “thriftstore find,” alongside all her cartoon outfits.

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They’ve already said no to that, at least some of them:

No. 2 Senate Democrat: Raising debt limit under reconciliation a ‘non-starter’ | TheHill

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OT: One of my friends has re-named COVID-19

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