Opinion: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is not a maverick like John McCain, who was still a stout Republican. She will pay for that with Democrats.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024. Sinema left the Democratic Party in December and hasn't said whether she'll seek a second term. Democrats have seen this movie before, and it will not end well for Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has left the Party.
In her hubris, Sinema has seriously miscalculated with votes that increasingly frustrate the voters who elected her in 2018. True, Arizona party loyalists occasionally forgive politicians like John McCain who buck their party on an issue of great personal importance. But bucking it repeatedly like Sinema on core issues is folly, a lesson taught by former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Sinema is not a maverick in the mold of Sen. John McCain. McCain was a stout Republican – its presidential nominee in 2008 – who rarely bucked his party. Sure, he famously
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