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   From: voters.fraud@democrats.org   
      
   Arizona Democrats are turning on a Senator considered to be one of the   
   most bipartisan in the country.   
      
   Rep. Ruben Gallego attacked Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Monday, blasting the   
   Democrat for insufficiently supporting the party’s candidates in an   
   election where they won nearly every statewide office.   
      
   “Senator Sinema was nowhere to be found,” alleged Gallego, a pugilistic   
   progressive, according to Newsweek.   
      
   In an MSNBC interview, Gallego accused Sinema of abandoning Arizona   
   Democrats in an election where she could’ve been a useful surrogate.   
      
   Gallego has all but confirmed he intends to run against Sinema in a 2024   
   Senate primary.   
      
   Sinema was the target of a symbolic censure from the Arizona Democratic   
   Party for her refusal to abolish the Senate filibuster earlier this year.   
      
   Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin have prevented Democrats from   
   abolishing the Senate rule in a party-line vote, a prerequisite to ramming   
   through a partisan agenda with 50 votes.   
      
   Sinema kept a low profile in Arizona’s midterm, fundraising for Sen. Mark   
   Kelly while declining to appear at events for Arizona Democrats, according   
   to the Daily Beast.   
      
   Sinema was the only Democratic statewide official or candidate who didn’t   
   appear at a November rally with former President Barack Obama, and she   
   only confirmed that she was voting for Katie Hobbs two weeks before   
   Election Day.   
      
   With her party getting used to giving her a cold shoulder, maybe it isn’t   
   completely out of the picture to imagine Sinema becoming a Republican.   
      
   Stranger things have happened.   
      
   The moderate-leaning Senator does have personal relationships with   
   Republican elected officials, such as Mitt Romney and even pro-Trump   
   conservative Andy Biggs.   
      
   While it’s not an understatement to say that Sinema has worn out her   
   welcome with her own party, it’s safe to say she’s not exactly a   
   conservative Republican, either.   
      
   The Democrat is reliably pro-abortion.   
      
   Sinema even espoused far-left views as a member of the Green Party in the   
   2000’s, but her political rhetoric has gravitated toward moderation.   
      
   Still, perhaps being harangued by Democrats like Gallego is good enough   
   reason to change one’s views. Sinema would not be the first Democrat   
   alienated by her peers’ extremism.   
      
   In any event, after an election in which Arizona Republicans lost a basket   
   of races they should’ve won, it wouldn’t hurt to take a hard look at the   
   merits of any candidate who can actually win in the state.   
      
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