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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'People Need to Know She Sucks': Kyrsten Sinema's Volunteers, Ex-Staff Are Fed Up
When Maria-Elena Dunn first met Kyrsten Sinema, she said she was elated.
Dunn, a leader in the local chapter of the Indivisible progressive activist group in Prescott, Arizona, was introduced to Sinema at a campaign event and was blown away by the Senate candidates poise and her impressive life story. Her group hosted Sinema multiple times for events. Dunn volunteered, by her estimation, for more than 100 hours to elect Sinema and other Democrats that election cycle.
I was very impressed. I had literature, I did canvassing for her, I contributed, I campaigned. We did everything we possibly could to get her elected. We were very excited about her. We knew she was a Democrat who had centrist tendencies, and that wasnt a bad thing. Here in Arizona and especially our area, you have to be realistic over who you could elect. We were thrilled. She seemed like the real thing, she told VICE News.
But now?
Im livid. I can only call her a turncoat, Dunn said. I feel betrayed.
Sinemas Wednesday vote against changing the filibuster, which kept the 60-vote margin for most major bills and effectively killed Democrats efforts to pass voting rights legislation, is the latest in a long line of votes that have enraged and upset some of the people who worked hard to put her in office. Dunn said for her, it was the last straw.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nzay/kyrsten-sinema-volunteers-staffers-feel-betrayed
Walleye
(31,008 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,093 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)So blissfully ignorant of their own political demise done at their own hand.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)She will land in some cushy think tank job as a reward for her antics.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)there's money everywhere for politicians.
LiberalFighter
(50,888 posts)If I have the calculation right her pension would be 17,748 annually. She would not be eligible to collect until age 62.
Nobody in Congress receives their full salary as their pension. It is also limited to 80%.
tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)But technically she did not kill the Democrats' efforts since it would have failed regardless of how she voted because Manchin also opposed it.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,965 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,918 posts)And they had receipts to prove Sinema was lying about her history.