Kyrsten Sinema to meet with William Barr -- but her office will not say why

[JonLP24]

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona was among the three Democratic senators who voted for the confirmation of Attorney General William Barr earlier this year, and Arizona Central is reporting that Sinema is planning to meet one-on-one with the U.S. attorney general sometime this week — although a spokesperson for her office did not specify what day the meeting will take place or what they will be discussing.

The 42-year-old Arizona senator and Tucson native, who narrowly defeated Republican Martha McSally in 2018, has been among the most centrist Democrats in the U.S. Senate — sometimes inspiring comparisons to Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. According to FiveThirtyEight, Sinema was voting in line with President Donald Trump 58% of the time in March. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), in contrast, voted with Trump only 13.6% of the time that month, FiveThirtyEight reported.

Nonetheless, Sinema is taking issue with Trump’s assertion of executive privilege with House Democrats, who have requested an unredacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report for the Russia investigation. Trump has vowed to defy all subpoenas from investigative committees in the House of Representatives, which now has a Democratic majority.

In an official written statement earlier this month, Sinema said, “the president’s assertion of executive privilege — with the attorney general’s support — undermines what should be our shared goal of protecting America from foreign influence and meddling in our elections.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/kyrsten-sinema-to-meet-with-william-barr-but-her-office-will-not-say-why/

[Iliyah]

1. Come on Senator,

were you that naïve in confirming asshole Barr?

[Tech]

2. What a disappointment

[gratuitous]

3. I guess a meeting is something rather than nothing

I wonder what Sen. Sinema will have to say when the AG just blows her off?

[lagomorph777]

14. "Where's my check, Barr, you deadbeat?"

[panader0]

4. I emailed her to express my deep disappointment in her vote on Barr.

Ugh.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Voting records in this Senate can be misleading, since so many votes are blocked by McConnell

[lillypaddle]

6. I guess she thinks he gives a shit what she thinks

[Hortensis]

7. Sinema's a moderate conservative economically, and socially

more liberal on some issues as many women are.

Sinema is NOT a "centrist Democrat."

She is a CONSERVATIVE Democrat, as we see from her vote for Barr and other things.

She has also stated that she is not progressive, which is the rigid position of the Republican Party, practically a religion with them these days, while to be liberal in American politics has always meant to be progressive. We believe in using government to advance our wellbeing when private means will not.

[comradebillyboy]

12. Sinema vastly superior to any republican. Leftists aren't

going to get elected in Arizona.

[Hortensis]

13. For sure. All our blue dogs are and I appreciate

them for it.

Just objecting to the mischaracterization of the vast majority of liberal Democrats. It's done very often as a dishonest smear, too often for anyone to claim it's innocent.

[Jose Garcia]

15. Sounds like she is the kind of Democrat who can win in a red state

[Hortensis]

17. Exactly. Her socially more liberal tendencies must be fairly

strong, at least on some issues, for her to run as a Democrat instead of Republican.

[Chin music]

18. +1

[WhiteTara]

8. A mole in our ranks. nt

[Hortensis]

16. She's the choice of AZ voters, who moved left to

elect even a conservative Democrat. Blue dogs tend to vote very roughly around half and half Democrat and Republican.

I don't know the strategy behind her vote, but it's very possible that, since it would be a done deal with a majority of 2 without her, she added her vote to up her with-Trump percentage and please her electorate without actually doing any damage. At least that sort of thing is very commonly done by blue dogs, who are always being pulled and threatened from both directions.

[Maxheader]

9. Dino alert...

[dlk]

10. I'm Guessing Kompromat

It’s an effective way to neutralize opposition.

[maxsolomon]

11. Again with the "Kompromat" claims?

Can you please explain yourself, instead of just flinging that generic conspiracy theory out there?

WHO has Kompromat on Sinema? Barr? The GRU?
HOW do you know this?
WHY do you suspect this?

Otherwise you're