Senator Kyrsten Sinema just threw a massive wrench into the Democrats’ plans for the future.
She announced that she is leaving the Democrat party to become an independent.
And she did this right after they won Georgia, thinking that they had won the Senate majority.
The Associated Press reports:
Sinema party switch highlights 2024 obstacles for Democrats
Less than three days after Democrats celebrated victory in the final Senate contest of the 2022 midterms, the challenges facing the party heading into the next campaign came into sharp relief.
The decision by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to leave the Democratic Party on Friday raised the prospect of a tumultuous — and expensive — three-way race in one of the most politically competitive states in the U.S. It set off a scramble among potential Democratic and Republican candidates to assess whether they could win their party’s nomination.
And it prompted difficult questions about whether Democrats might financially and politically support Sinema over their own nominee if she decides to seek reelection in 2024 and is seen as having the best chance of keeping the seat out of GOP hands.
Ultimately, Sinema’s move was a sobering reminder that while Democrats won an outright majority in the Senate this week, their grip on the chamber is still tenuous, giving individual members notable sway over the congressional agenda. And it foreshadowed the even more difficult climate ahead as Democrats defend seats in seven states, including Arizona, that former President Donald Trump carried at least once.
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Liberals are absolutely furious about this.
AOC rips Kyrsten Sinema for ditching Dems, making party switch https://t.co/aKa6H19zqY via @nypost
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) December 10, 2022
If you had any doubts that Kyrsten Sinema is an unscrupulous narcissist – look: her scam was just endorsed by an even more unscrupulous narcissist! https://t.co/95wjZEuF6n
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 9, 2022
Kyrsten Sinema single-handedly stopped Democrats from ending a tax break for hedge-fund managers and private equity executives.
Meanwhile, she received ~$1 million in donations from Wall Street.
Don’t be fooled: Sinema isn't “independent.” She's beholden to her donors.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 9, 2022
Sinema owes her entire career to the Democratic Party, she’s been endlessly indulged by party leadership, but she waits till a moment of celebration for the Democrats to make this announcement. Like I’ve said before, it goes way beyond politics or ideology – she’s just awful.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 9, 2022
This is absolutely hilarious.
Good for Sinema for doing what she thinks is right.
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