Senator Sinema: “I’m a Daily Example That Bipartisanship is Possible.”

Oh, are you really?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJun 3, 2021
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At this point, it’s safe to assume beyond a shadow of a doubt that Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema enjoy their position as the face of obstruction to any progress whatsoever. Senator Sinema in particular seems to revel in it. After all, how can we forget the infamous spectacle she made of voting down the $15 minimum wage, and trying to get Mitch McConnell’s attention before she did it?

Of course, Senator Sinema’s absurdity doesn’t end there.

When pressed, yet again, about her opposition to filibuster reform, Sinema began her response in a now viral video by saying:

“I am a daily example that bipartisanship is possible.”

Oh, is she really?

Was it a daily example of the possibilities of bipartisanship when not a single Republican lawmaker voted for the covid-19 relief bill? When Mitch McConnell says his top priority is to stop Joe Biden’s agenda, are we supposed to be glad that Senator Sinema is still “reaching out”?

The longer these ridiculous games are played, the more I begin to realize what frustrates me most about Democrats like Kyrsten Sinema is the daily insult to the intelligence of their…

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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