EMILY's List says it won't endorse Sinema unless she relents on filibuster

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EMILY’s List announced on Tuesday that it will not endorse Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) unless she relents on her opposition to weakening the legislative filibuster for voting rights legislation.

The statement from the progressive organization, which supports pro-abortion rights women running for office, comes as the Senate is considering a voting rights reform bill that is poised to fail because of GOP opposition.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has vowed to force a change of the 60-vote legislative filibuster if Senate Republicans block the effort, a move that would require support from all 50 Democrats to succeed.

Sinema, however, reiterated her support last week for the legislative filibuster, dampening the party’s chances of passing election reform.

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1. Sinema Is A Dead Woman Walking

(politically dead, that is)

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2. They shouldn't endorse her anyway

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3. ...

Wow that’s some threat

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6. It could start a Trend..

More Endorsers Getting on Board.

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4. Unserious candidates should never have Emily's List endorsement.

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5. I love the letter from the President of Emily's list

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7. As Do I! Rt TY & Emily's List!

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8. We brought you into this BLUE world & we can take you out!.

Emily's List has spoken.
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9. Sinema Responds To Threats From Major Women's Rights Groups

This is such a weak response Emily's List was Sinema's largest donor in the last race. Sineman must be hoping that she can replace these donors.

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Sinema responded late last night after two big-name women’s rights groups threatened to withdraw their support over her devotion to the filibuster. EMILY’s List named her specifically; NARAL warned any senator who won’t support filibuster reforms to pass voting rights legislation.

“While the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end debate on legislation has been used repeatedly to protect against wild swings in federal policy, including in the area of women’s health care, I said on the Senate floor last week that different people of good faith can have honest disagreements about policy and strategy,” Sinema said in a statement.

These warning shots are all the more notable, given that abortion rights groups in particular have balked in the past from embracing filibuster reform or elimination, worried that Republicans would make outlawing abortion a top priority.

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11. Sinema isn't relying on Emily's List or any of her former supporters

She’s getting money from elsewhere. And a lot of it to be obstructionist of Biden’s (and Dems) agenda

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10. Screw relenting, just end it, be done with her. nt