Sen. Mark Kelly 'does not support the censure' of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

[brooklynite]

Arizona Republic

Sen. Mark Kelly broke his silence over the censure of his Democratic colleague Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, with a campaign spokesperson saying he disagreed with it and she should not be singled out over her opposition to changing the Senate’s filibuster rules.

"Senator Kelly does not support the censure,” Sarah Guggenheimer of the Kelly campaign told The Arizona Republic Tuesday.

“While they came to different decisions on this vote, he looks forward to continuing to work with Senator Sinema on Arizona priorities, as they have done during his first year in the Senate to pass critical infrastructure investments that will create good-paying jobs," Guggenheimer said.

Kelly, D-Ariz., is in good standing with the party and his support of Sinema, D-Ariz., could help diffuse some of the animosity towards Sinema that is coming from progressives over an issue that the left often casts as key to the fate of President Joe BIden's agenda and fair elections across the country.

[samsingh]

1. another Democratic Senator who doesn't seem to understand how fragile our Democracy has become

[brooklynite]

3. Maybe you should primary him as well?

That'll send a message.....

[xmas74]

2. She's his coworker.

They need to work together to represent their state. I can understand him wanting to stay out of it.

[Ocelot II]

4. Klobuchar didn't get on the bandwagon to force Franken's resignation

even though it seemed to be the thing to do in the Senate at the time (don't get me started). A senator has to work closely with the other senator from his/her state and it makes sense that they would avoid getting in the middle of a controversy involving their senate "partner." IMO Franken didn't deserve the treatment he got from some senators while Sinema does deserve a good butt-kicking, but the point stands.

[brooklynite]

10. Yes she did...

...She talked to him privately and encouraged him to step down.

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who serves in the Senate representing Minnesota with Al Franken, explained Friday that she didn’t publicly ask Franken to resign this week because of their relationship.

“I had condemned his conduct early on when the first allegation was made,” she told CNN’s Dana Bash on “Inside Politics.” “I felt I was in a different role as his colleague, that I’m someone that has worked with him for a long time, there’s a lot of trust there, and I felt it was best to handle it in that way.”

In a coordinated effort, female Democratic senators called for Franken’s resignation in rapid fire Wednesday. Klobuchar did not join in that effort and said in a statement at the time that she spoke with him privately. By Wednesday evening, more than two dozen senators – including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer – had called for Franken’s resignation.

“I talked to him about the fact that you had reached the situation with the mounting allegations and the fact that there was an ethics investigation going on,” Klobuchar told CNN Friday.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/amy-klobuchar-senate-al-franken-minnesota/index.html

[Ocelot II]

11. Much different from publicly pillorying him the way some of the others did.

I know that she privately advised him to resign because the situation was impairing his effectiveness. She did not go out and demand his head on a pike the way some of his "colleagues" did. Had he not resigned (and he shouldn't have), I doubt that she'd have gone public and demanded he do so.

[brooklynite]

12. Perhaps, but not the point of the OP. There's no evidence that Kelly criticized Sinema in any way

[BeckyDem]

5. The animosity is coming from progressives?

Clyburn should be notified.

Sinema does have some fans.

Link to tweet

"While No Labels was originally advertised as a group committed to getting things done and breaking gridlock, it now seems more focused on stopping [Nancy] Pelosi and providing a fast track for special interests and lobbyists," Rep. Mark Pocan writes.AP
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-no-labels-mark-pocan_n_5c06b110e4b0cd916fb0b042

[themaguffin]

7. "No Labels" aka the RNC.

[BeckyDem]

8. Cons, yep.

[themaguffin]

6. Censuring is meaningless. She'll still be there. She doesn't give a shit. She can't be shamed.

[Rebl2]

9. So true