Kyrsten Sinema’s Primary Opponent Seems up For the Challenge.

He’s willing to forcefully call out her record.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMar 23, 2023
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I suppose I should begin by saying I don’t really have the patience to rehash how I feel about Arizona’s Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and along with Joe Manchin the two of them are certainly at the top of the list of Democratic lawmakers I despise. Of course, I along with virtually everyone else on the left was pleased to see that Sinema is already facing a primary challenge. It’s been a long time coming, considering the fact that she has used her position of power to do everything she possibly can to prevent any productive, positive legislation from succeeding and throwing it in the face of the base as she does it.

All that being said, it’s been a pleasant surprise to see that Ruben Gallego seems genuinely up to the challenge of taking Senator Sinema’s seat.

Brett Wilkins with Commondreams.org writes:

“Democratic Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego on Tuesday accused Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — who he hopes to oust from the U.S. Senate next year — of playing a major role in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse by taking campaign contributions from lobbyists that represented the bank and then voting to deregulate it…

…Gallego asked Monday: “What’s the difference between Sen

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Lauren Elizabeth

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