Moderate Democrat Senator Krysten Sinema spoke out boldly about her unequivocal support for the filibuster on Wednesday, leaving many Democrats enraged.
As The Hill reports:
Sinema, speaking to reporters alongside GOP Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) in Arizona, indicated that she hadn’t shifted from her opposition to changing the Senate’s rules, arguing that it “protects the democracy of our nation rather than allowing our country to ricochet wildly every two to four years.”
“To those who say that we must make a choice between the filibuster and ‘X,’ I say, this is a false choice. The reality is that when you have a system that is not working effectively — and I would think that most would agree that the Senate is not a particularly well-oiled machine, right? The way to fix that is to fix your behavior, not to eliminate the rules or change the rules, but to change the behavior,” Sinema said.
She added that she thought the filibuster was designed to “create comity and to encourage senators to find bipartisanship and work together.” When a reporter followed up on if Sinema was going to budge on the filibuster, she added: “No.”
Sinema’s comments from Tuesday, while aligned with her previous position on the filibuster, sparked a fierce rebuke from progressives on Wednesday, who argued that she was out of touch with how the procedural roadblock has been used in recent years.
It seems that liberals just can’t handle the truth about one of the Senate’s most important limits on power, even when it’s coming from the mouth of a fellow Democrat.
She’s making Goofy Ducey look pretty bad in Arizona!
OH YES him and Harry the ap* VP
Sorry, this is not about Party it is about what is best for the Country. My hat is off to Senator Sinema.
Its rare in today’s world to find a Democrat who is not completely brain dead and its very refreshing to see one.
When things are going in a positive for the Democrats, they point to the protection of our Democracy. Yet, when they estimate that they may lose, they shift into a different direction. Typical for not standing firm on the Constitution and laws! Keep the filibuster!
“I would think that most would agree that the Senate is not a particularly well-oiled machine, right?” Actually, the problem is that the Senate is a well-oiled machine. It gets oiled with lots of money from corporate lobbyists.
Apparently only 99.99999999999% of democrats are lying, cheating, hypocritical America hating scum…….
This is not about left or right anymore it’s about right vs wrong🏌🏾♂️⛳️🇺🇸📞
Thank you Senator Sinema for standing for the Constution. The filibuster rule was put there to prevent “mob rule”, so the voice of the minority could be heard. I wish more Senators, Republican and Democrat, would stand up for the Constitution AS WRITTEN!
That’s fine and dandy. I salute her for her clear thinking. She obviously realizes that the Democrats will at some time in the future (possibly less than two years) and will feel the need to be a brake on Republican plans. She has already seen that simple majority vote for Supreme Court justices tilted the court to the right. What I’m worried about are the rabid anti-Trump RINOs like Romney and Cheney, who might give their votes to the Democratic side just to stick it to Trump supporters in the Republican party. They are more comfortable in the Swamp and are perfectly happy to return to the “traditional” Republican party of going along to get along. “We’re Republicans. We’ll screw you less than the Democrats while complaining loudly about how the Democrats are screwing you and how things would be different if only we were in charge.”
“…who argued that she was out of touch with how the procedural roadblock has been used in recent years” to block Republican legislation? What kind of an argument is that? The Democrats are the principle users of the filibuster by a wide margin. Given the predictable effect of their four month Kamikaze governing failures, they should hold onto the filibuster for their own political lives.
This is the attitude ALL Senators need to have. You can agree to disagree, so now find a solution.
I was skeptical about her and initially thought: ‘Oh JEEZ!’ But now Sens. Sinema and Tulsi Gabbard are restoring my hope that there may be a thin blue line of Democrats who cherish the Republic and mistrust the mad rush to power of the majority of radicalized Demoncrat Socialists.
I am supportive of every provision that keeps absolute government power in check, including the fillibuster. Watch “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” with James Stewart, to see this principle illustrated in dramatic terms. Better still, watch Rand Paul fillibuster for 11 hours in opposition to the killing by drone of an American citizen overseas with a trial and judgement of his peers during the Obama era. Even more dramatic because it wasn’t fiction. I could not have been more proud of Rand Paul and the American Constitution at that moment. We must never lose the fillibuster as a bulwark against too much power in too few hands.
*******BOTH ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE FILIBUSTER ARE THE VERY TOOLS IN AMERICAN ARSENAL THAT GIVES MINORITIES…ANY MINORITIES…ALL MINORITIES A VOICE AND FORCES ANY ESTABLISHMENT TO HAVE TO LISTEN!!!*******
WE CANNOT GIVE IN AND LOSE THESE THINGS TO TRIBAL MOB RULE THAT IS AKIN OF THE HOMO HABILIS AND HOMO ERECTUS ERAS!
STOP THEIR “progressive” PATHS INTO REGRESSION! We have worked too hard to get here!