Firebrand senator Kyrsten Sinema has sent shockwaves through Capitol Hill by switching her party affiliation to independent in a blow to Joe Biden and just days after the Democrats secured a 51-seat majority in the upper chamber.
The former Democrat claims she will continue to vote in the same way she has for her first four years as senator of Arizona without being constrained by party politics.
But it creates a storm for Biden who has been celebrating a rare midterm gain for a sitting president as Democrats gained a seat to go from a 50-50 split to a 51-49 majority following Raphael Warnock’s Georgia runoff win.
The senator known for her bold outfits and for being one of the two Democrat swing votes said on Friday morning she ‘never really fit into a box of any political party’ and is close with allies on both sides of the aisle.
– Read more at the Daily Mail
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent
Kyrsten Sinema won’t say whether she will caucus with Democrats
Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent.
Sinema made the announcement Friday by publishing an op-ed in the Arizona Republic.
The senator cited increasingly partisan interests and radicalization of both political parties as the reason for her departure.
“Americans are told that we have only two choices – Democrat or Republican – and that we must subscribe wholesale to policy views the parties hold, views that have been pulled further and further toward the extremes,” Synema wrote in the op-ed.
“Most Arizonans believe this is a false choice, and when I ran for the U.S. House and the Senate, I promised Arizonans something different,” she continued. “I pledged to be independent and work with anyone to achieve lasting results. I committed I would not demonize people I disagreed with, engage in name-calling, or get distracted by political drama.”
— Read more at Fox News
“Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Quits Democrats And Registers As An Independent”
Now if only a couple of more Bidenites would wise up and quit the Democrat Party.
SHE votes 97% of the time with biden anyway.. AND has already stated she will STILL caucus with the Dems..
SO WHAT GOOD IS it to ‘change party name’, if what you DO< STILL MAKES YOU APPEAR TO BE part of the party?! Not one damn thing imo.
“Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Quits Democrats And Registers As An Independent
Multiple Sources | Dec 9, 2022 | Fresh Ink |”
“…Famous Speech Friday: Jeane Kirkpatrick’s “Blame America First” Speech
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Is Senator Kyrsten Sinema about to become another ” Jeane Kirkpatrick or A ‘ Ino,’ democrat like Joe Manchin.?
Forgive me if I cannot add 2 plus 2 in Democrat math, but if The Republicans have 49 clean win seats held, independents 3 that leaves only 48 Democrats who are now in the minority, especially when designating committee leadership Roles?????? Do not Republicans technically controll the Senate? Caucusing is a moving matter of which way the wind blows each day. Should not The Supreme COurt rule in the Republican’s favor???
The three just fall in line with whomever yells louder as they normally do not make waves plus remember at last count there were at least 12 who jumped ship. I am not saying they were wrong or right but it is mostly Republican who crossover. Only 2 Democrats have had the nerve to not just follow party.
EXCERPTS FROM HUEY LONG’S FAMOUS SPEECHES
Huey Long,…” …Mr. President, I am not undertaking to answer the charge that I am ignorant. It is true. I am an ignorant man. I have had no college education. I have not even had a high school education. But the things that takes me far in politics is that I do not have to color what comes into my mind and into my heart. I say it unvarnished. I say it without veneer. I have not the learning to do otherwise, and therefore my ignorance is often not detected.
“,I know the hearts of the People because I have not colored my own. I know when I am right in my own conscience. I do not talk one way in the cloakroom and another way out here. I do not talk one way back there in the hills of Louisiana and another way here in the Senate….”
” Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Quits Democrats And Registers As An Independent
Multiple Sources | Dec 9, 2022 |
Taken from above article
SINCE all 3 of those so-called independents, VOTE IN LOCK STEP with the Demon-rats, I often wonder WHY THEY ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED To even calll themselves independents?
This could be a good thing—depending upon how she votes.
Okay, Manchin—you’re next.
Since her track record is 93^ or so WITH THE DNC, i can’t see how this is ‘good’…
AND MANCHEN is worse.
Apparently she will still caucus with the Democrats. I don’t think this switch will mean much to Republicans overall but it will give her more publicity and more power in the same way that Manchin had power last year.
Maybe the two of them will work together and help to defeat some especially egregious bills. If so, then it will be a good thing.
I hope I’m wrong and she does more than I think she will.
Exactly. IF i say i am a vegetarian, but STILL EAT CHICKEN, how exactly am i a vegetarian?
SAME HERE. SHe may CLAIM TO no longer be a demon-rat, but if she votes the way she has done so far, 93%+ or more with the dems, THEN WHAT exactly is she if NOT STILL A DEMON-RAT!?!?!?
Leonidas December 9, 2022
“…Apparently she will still caucus with the Democrats. I don’t think this switch will mean much to Republicans overall but it will give her more publicity and more power….”
” When pigs Fly.’ Author unknown.
Revive the Tea Party
She has said she “WILL” caucus with the democrats, and not change her voting practices. Personally I think the only reason she has not abandoned the democrats altogether has to do with “women’s issues”. Overall, it is probably a welcome move for us because she will not be as obligated as before to rubber stamp all of Schmucker’s bills.
I did not vote for Ms. Sinema, but as an Arizonan, I appreciated how she saw the train wreck of Biden’s policies and went her own way as Manchin did. I really don’t care what letter is behind your name (or what letter you identify with, for that matter) as long as you vote for the good of the American people that you swore to represent. Unlike Biden, Ms. Sinema can’t ignore the southern border and its consequences to Arizona or the rest of the country. Let’s see what her future voting record looks like.
Perhaps it’s time to ramp up the pressure on Manchin to switch to the Republicans. Dems are wildly unpopular in WV, after they lead the charge to gut the coal industry, currently have their sights set on banning natural gas, and are always into the gun grabbing. Just these 3 things are why WV is a Red state now. You would think Joe would see the writing on the wall, especially with an election campaign in 2 years.
SOrry, but with the amount of times Joe has stabbed us in the back, i DOUBT THE REPUBLICANS would want him.
Stiller Fan! on December 9, 2022
“… You would think Joe would see the writing on the wall, especially with an election campaign in 2 years.”
Does the Republican Party need another -(RINO?)
“it’s hard to remember that your job was to drain the swamp
when your up to ypur neck in Aligators. ” Author Unknown.
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