Arizona congressman Ruben Gallego, a possible contender for Kyrsten Sinema’s seat in 2024, called the senator’s decision to attend the World Economic Forum a “tacky” piece of “performance art.”
’s attendance at the Davos World Economic Forum this week—a highfalutin annual meeting of political and corporate elites in a mountain town nestled in the Swiss Alps. “My general sentiment is that this is the kind of performance art that she does sometimes that I think is very tacky and distasteful to a lot of Arizonans,” he said. “Even though she thinks it’s tactical, it’s still tone-deaf.
Gallego saw an opening; he has not officially announced a run for Senate in 2024, when Sinema’s seat is up for reelection, but he might. He, “Guess this is why we missed her at all the MLK events in Arizona this week,” in response to a report that Sinema had joined a private lunch with dozens of business leaders at the ritzy Hotel Schatzalp on the sidelines of Davos. The Replace Sinema group sent out a fundraising email that read, “Where’s Kyrsten Sinema today?...
The image of Sinema in a white fur vest flanked by Manchin and members of society’s upper-upper crust did emanate some pretty strong “Let them eat cake” energy. Sinema’s kowtowing with other agents of the ultrarich certainly didn’t help matters. But perhaps more than anything, Sinema’s attendance at Davos—an event former
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