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In the Middle of Negotiations, Sinema Left D.C to Have Wine With Her Donors.

Is anyone surprised?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readOct 2, 2021
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The state of Arizona just isn’t having it with Kyrsten Sinema, particularly the Democratic voters and the very people who campaigned to get her elected. Who can blame them? Frankly, it’s gotten so bad that the conspiratorial part of me has contemplated on more than one occasion whether she could literally be an operative thrown into the mix in order to crush any progressive legislation or even the Democratic party’s electoral chances for that matter. All things considered, it’s really no surprise that the Democratic party in Arizona has all but confirmed that she wouldn’t make it through a primary after this term. In the midst of the justified frustrations, it was recently reported by an Arizona newspaper that Sinema decided to leave D.C. in the middle of critical reconciliation bill negotiations, and have wine with her donors.

Elvia Diaz with AZ Central published an article entitled: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has some nerve to schmooze with anti-budget folks now

Diaz writes:

“…Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is on fire again. This time she planned to charge up to $5,800 a person for a 45-minute fundraiser with people who essentially oppose President Biden’s budget plan. You wouldn’t know that from the local media…

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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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