Senator Krysten Sinema publicly announced on the Senate Floor that she would be opposing President Joe Biden’s attempt to junk the filibuster, likely sealing the fate of the Democrats long sought ‘voting rights’ bill.
As The New York Times reports:
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s drive to push new voting rights protections through Congress hit a major obstacle on Thursday when Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, declared that she would not support undermining the Senate filibuster to enact new laws under any circumstances.
Pre-empting a presidential visit to the Capitol to meet privately with Democrats, Ms. Sinema took to the floor to say that while she backed two new voting rights measures and was alarmed about new voting restrictions in some states, she believed that a unilateral Democratic move to weaken the filibuster would only foster growing political division.
“These bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself,” Ms. Sinema said. “And while I continue to support these bills, I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.”
Her comments were a major setback for Mr. Biden, who delivered a speech in Atlanta two days earlier calling for a change in Senate rules if necessary. Ms. Sinema has been under pressure from her colleagues to drop her opposition to a rules change, but her refusal to reverse course appeared to doom the bills in the Senate.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has also expressed his opposition to the Democrat attempt to junk the filibuster.
STICK TO YOUR BELIEFS MS. SINMEA
There are a few Democrats with some common sense left.
If they don’t get run over by the machine.
I haven’t encountered any of them, I’m not calling you out on your comment, I’m just saying I haven’t encountered any.
Sinema is anything but a renegade. She just doesn’t march in lockstep according to the Democrat socialist agenda.
Thank you, Krysten, for doing what is right for America
STAND TALL, SENATER SINEMA, as the FILIBUSTER IS THE LIGHTENING ROD KEEPING THIS COUNTRY IN AT LEAST A 2 PARTY SYSTEM!
Arizona loves Krysten senima
Deo Gratias!
Cudo to the few Democrats not succumbed to the socialist disease. Democrats historically belonged to the decent democracy where they today are liers, hate-mongers, socialist power usurpers. What’s the point in the cold war and winning it just to transform US into a new communist hell-hole?
I live in Arizona. I would not agree that everyone in Arizona loves Kyrsten Cinema. She is still a Democrat. She also says she supports the voting bills which would give government all the power over the elections. All we can hope is that without blowing up the filibuster the voting bills are doa in the Senate. The Democrats will look for any loophole to still get them passed.
I WISH I COULD REMEMBER WHAT SHOW WAS ON YESTERDAY AND SOMEONE WAS ASKING VARIOUS BLACK PEOPLE IN NYC , IF THEY EVER HAD A PROBLEM VOTING…ALL OF THEM SAID NO…….WHY ARE THE SOCIALIST /COMMUNISTS DOING THIS NOW WHEN THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET? DEFLECTION FROM REALITY
Can we swap her for Graham, Romney, or Cheney?
Protecting voting rights for AMERICANS is not the problem. It’s is a disease called the Democrat Party that doesn’t want to participate in the American system, but wants division to secure permanent reelection for themselves, just like all their other communist friends. This is the virus for which we need a vaccine.
It’s called revolution against a tyrannical government.
Even Chuck Schumer has voiced his opposition to ending the filibuster rule in the past, but is now for it to enable Democrats to control every election in the nation. Democrasts used the filibuster over 200 times during Trump’s presidency to block Republican legislation.
I hope she sticks to it
That God a Democrat with some good sense
I prefer Christian Cinema, but at least Krystin Sinema is showing some common sense and cojones, to boot!
THANK YOU, SENATOR SINEMA!!! She will face the usual threats & bullying tactics from the radical left lunatics, but she’s dealt with these psychos before. It’s rare indeed, that a politician holds onto a shred of integrity.
Good for her!
I’m proud of Senator Sinema for standing up for the Constitution. Hopefully, more senators will follow her example
She and Senator Manchin are two brave souls. Maybe we could convert them to Republicans.
What I want to see is some Democrats/Socialists/liberals arrested and charged and convicted of their crimes committed over the past 12-16 years, I want to see them jailed and their assets seized.
I agree. We need more Democrats that think like her and Joe Manchin. So very few have any Common Sense.
Krysten and Joe actions will be a positive point in history books .
Senator Krysten Sinema and Sen Manchin are the only 2 Democrats with a brain…
God bless them it appears at least two democrats have seen the light “LET’S GO BRANDON”
The MAIN job of an elected official (esp. a Senator) is to block as much of the action his/her colleagues attempt to do. The Federal Government has a limited (even enumerated) number of things it should be involved in. The first function of a representative is to stop others from wandering from those enumerated functions. The filibuster is a tool to maximize that blockage.
About time people started standing up to these tin pot dictators. Kudos, Krysten!
The only protection we need for voting is: Voter ID, no mail-in balloting, scrap existing voting machines as they were proven to be rigged.