Sinema, 'inspired' by a woman who filbustered in the Senate against the elimination of the poll tax

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Kyrsten Sinema @SenatorSinema Jan 12
#OnThisDay in 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Caraway voted against the antilynching law of 1938 and, in 1942, joined other southern Senators in a filibuster to block a proposed bill that would have eliminated the poll tax.
https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2022/01/12/january-12-1932-hattie-wyatt-caraway-becomes-the-1st-woman-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/

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...Sinema, 'inspired' by a woman who joined a filbuster in the Senate against the elimination of the poll tax, which was designed to keep blacks from voting.

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1. this blows my mind

...if this isn't a deliberate association, it's certainly an apt one.

Speak up.

[Ninga]

2. Her staffers? Her idea? Why would any off them think this was smart. It is a direct slap in the face

Of the John Lewis bill.

[RussBLib]

3. ah, you venerate racists

thanks for making it plain.

and I thought she was a "freethinker"

[Solly Mack]

4. Damn

How long before they deny knowing about Caraway's record?

[2naSalit]

5. The more I see and hear from her...

The more I think she needs a psyche eval. She's either crazy or really stupid.

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6. or just compromised

...by whoever is putting her up to this stuff.

Or maybe she's just not that into our party.

[2naSalit]

7. And she's either...

Crazy or stupid to think she can get away with it.

[Celerity]

12. well, I have already seen, for months, from some here, a defence of her as the only legitimate,

'acceptable' candidate for the 2024 election Dem primary, including, in addition, pre-emptive attacks on a vastly superior candidate, Ruben Gallego (who is hardly a flaming lefty btw).

Crazy or stupid to think she can get away with it.

Some here seem to think she has and will do so.

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14. Rep. Ruben Gallego called out Sinema by name on the House floor

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Rep. Ruben Gallego called out Sinema by name on the House floor: "Today, the House showed where it stands: We won't shrink from protecting our democracy and the voting rights of all Americans. It's past time for the U.S. Senate — and Sen. Sinema — to do the same."

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15. +1

[Nevilledog]

9. Those are not mutually exclusive. She's both.

[2naSalit]

10. More likely than not. ..nt

[lagomorph777]

8. I've always hated rye bread with Caraway. Turns out I just hated Caraway.

Sinema is sinful.

[JCMach1]

11. I am for Civil Rights, but I support Strom Thurmond and his efforts to block it

Changing the rules will just make it worse. (Channeling the spirit of Sinema)




Who the hell paid her off?

[JoanofArgh]

13. This is disgusting but I'm not surprised.

From what I've read Sinema refuses to hold town halls and engage with her constituents. She's more interested in jaunting over to Europe. The people of Arizona deserve someone better.

Thanks for posting.

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Sinema & Manchin represent 2.8% of US population but allowing 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country to block voting rights bills supported by 70% of Americans that would protect voting access for tens of millions. US political system completely broken