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Arizona’s Democratic Party Has Officially Censured Kyrsten Sinema.
It’s been a long time coming.
Finally, after a year of obstruction, corruption, and giving the middle finger to her constituents and the country overall, Senator Kyrsten Sinema has been censured by Arizona’s Democratic party. Of course, it’s a move that is largely symbolic, but it’s certainly indicative of what Sinema can expect in the coming weeks, months, and years while re-election looms.
Jack Healy with The New York Times writes:
“…The censure from the party’s executive board was symbolic, but it crystallized a growing sense of anger and frustration among liberal activists and Democratic voters aimed at Ms. Sinema.
They accuse Ms. Sinema, a first-term senator, of impeding key parts of President Biden’s agenda, and have vowed to withhold donations and search for a liberal primary challenger when she is up for re-election in two years…”
And therein lies the significance…
The censure itself might be largely symbolic, but withholding of money and the state party vowing to find a primary challenger is not. Kyrsten Sinema has now all but destroyed her chances of re-election. That is, if she even cared about re-election.
