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Emily’s List is Dropping Their Endorsement of Senator Kyrsten Sinema.

As they should.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJan 19, 2022
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It’s no secret that Kyrsten Sinema has set her career as a politician on fire, gleefully making herself the face of corporate corruption and obstruction within the Democratic party alongside Joe Manchin. Over the past year, she has taken it upon herself to block virtually any progress, given her own constituents the middle finger, and set what was theoretically the Democrats’ agenda on fire for her own personal power, influence, and gain to curry favor with the donor class.

Well, yet again, things seem to be indicating she’s going to pay for it.

It has now been reported that Emily’s List — one of the most significant groups tied with the Democratic party — will not be endorsing Sinema for re-election.

In an article written by Felicia Sonmez with The Washington Post, Emily’s List President Laphonza Butler was quoted as stating:

“Right now, Sen. Sinema’s decision to reject the voices of allies, partners and constituents who believe the importance of voting rights outweighs that of an arcane process means she will find herself standing alone in the next…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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