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Bernie Sanders Has a Lot to Say About Kyrsten Sinema.
As usual, he’s right.
Ah, Kyrsten Sinema.
Leave it to her to make the Democratic base despise her even more than they already do. If you follow the news even a little bit, it’s been impossible to avoid the news that she announced her decision to switch her party affiliation to Independent just days after Democrats secured a 51–49 majority in the Senate. Proving herself to be every bit the corporate lapdog and self serving narcissist that she is, there’s absolutely no denying that she did this to either set up a career as a lobbyist, or in an effort to do what she can to shield herself from a Democratic primary challenge in the sleaziest way possible.
Needless to say, I’ve made my feelings towards Sinema perfectly clear plenty of times before. But now, Bernie Sanders is telling us all how he really feels as well. Albeit much more politely than I think I can.
Zach Schonfeld with The Hill writes:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) on Sunday as a “corporate Democrat” who “sabotaged” party priorities following her announcement that she was becoming an independent.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with co-anchor Dana Bash, Sanders said Sinema didn’t have the guts to take…
