{{Officeholder
|name=Kyrsten Sinema
|image=800px-Kyrsten Sinema 2018(cropped).jpg|party=[[Democrat]]independent
|spouse=Blake Dain (divorced)
|religion=Unaffiliated<ref>[https://ivn.us/2012/11/16/religious-diversity-in-congress-a-year-of-firsts Religious Diversity in Congress, A Year of "Firsts"]</ref>
}}
'''Kyrsten Lea Sinema''' (born July 12, 1976) is a [[left-wing]] [[progressive]] senator an independent Senator from the state of [[Arizona]] and a former member of the U.S. [[House of Representatives]]. She is the first openly was elected as a [[bisexualDemocrat]] member in 2018 and repudiated party affiliation in December 2022 upon the controversial certification of Congress; unsurprisingly, she has an extremely Arizona secretary of state [[liberalKatie Hobbs]] voting record. She very narrowly defeated her opponent as governor in the general election in November 2012what many,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_9th_Congressional_District_electionsif not most,_2012 people believe to be a stolen election by the Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012Democrats of [[Maricopa county]]</ref> and again in 2018.<ref>[https://ballotpediaSinema is up for reelection on 2024.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona,_2018 United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018]</ref>
Sinema has taken [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] stances on multiple important issues, including opposing a [[Leftist]] attempt to override state voting rules through a [[Dem]] proposal to bypass the [[Senate]] [[filibuster]],<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/13/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-filibuster-voting-rights</ref> and voting against a Leftist provision to include a federal [[minimum wage]] hike to $15/hr within a [[COVID-19]] [[stimulus package|relief package]] in 2021<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-sen-kyrsten-sinemas-dramatic-thumbs-down-vote-against-15-minimum-wage-2021-3</ref> using a dramatic "thumbs-down"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo_U7PTGzk</ref> to imitate [[John McCain]]'s vote in 2017 against repealing and replacing [[Obamacare]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bigotry=DWeayFHsH90</ref> She received praise from some conservatives,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wv30m75U18</ref> but predictable leftist outrage.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/leftists-outraged-democrat-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-enthusiastic-thumbs-vote-15-minimum-wage-hike-video/</ref> She very narrowly defeated her opponent in the general congressional election (AZ 9th district) in November 2012 (on which she later won reelection),<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_9th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Arizona''See alsos 9th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> and when she won her seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2018.<ref>[https: //ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona,_2018 United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018]</ref> Perhaps fed up with how [[Liberal bigotryDem]]s have been ruining the [[U.S.]], Sinema left the [[Democrat Party]] on December 9, 2022. Since 2021, Sinema along with [[Joe Manchin]], have been best known for being the two Democrat [[senator]]s who have voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/06/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-defends-the-filibuster-again-as-pressure-mounts/</ref> Sinema is the author of a 2009 book entailed, ''Unite and Conquer: How To Build Coalitions That Win And Last''. ==Controversies==
In 2003 Sinema summoned [[Code Pink]] and a coven of [[witch]]es called Pagan Cluster to an anti-war rally.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/emails-kyrsten-sinema-summoned-witches-to-her-anti-war-rally</ref> Sinema said at the time she didn't care if an [[American]] joined the [[Taliban]].<ref>https://youtu.be/v86T2-KNJqk</ref> When questioned whether she regretted her original comments at an interview in 2018, she refused to answer directly, and instead made excuses.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2ztmBQTeI Kyrsten Sinema Refuses To Say She Regrets Saying It’s OK For Americans To Join The Taliban]</ref>
In 2010, Sinema called her home state [[Arizona]] “the meth lab of democracy”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkzm11PL9cs&feature=emb_logo Kyrsten Sinema: “Arizona Is Clearly The Meth Lab Of Democracy”]</ref>
In an interview in 2006, Sinema has called referred to stay-at-home mothers women who are "leechesleeching off their husbands or boyfriends, and just cashing the checks [as] some sort of [[feminism]]."<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/10/19/az-democrat-slams-stayathome-moms-theyre-nothing-but-leeches-n2530229</ref> ==[[CNN]] and far left bullying tactics== In Oct 2021, as far left<ref>Joe Concha, "[https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/575280-far-left-bullies-resort-to-harassing-shaming-kyrsten-sinema-it-wont-work Far-left bullies resort to harassing, shaming Kyrsten Sinema - It won't work]," The Hill, Oct 5, 2021.</ref> were following and obsessively harassing Sinema in bathroom, CNN was actually 'for' it. CNN's Kirsten Powers seemed endorsing it.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/10/05/nolte-this-is-cnn-kirsten-powers-endorses-harassment-of-kyrsten-sinema/ Nolte: This is CNN -- Kirsten Powers Endorses Harassment of Kyrsten Sinema], Breitbart, Oct 5, 2021</ref> And CNN's [https://www.cnn.com/profiles/ana-navarro contributor] (former Republican) [[Ana Navarro]], suggested Kyrsten Sinema deserved being harassed in bathroom.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-anna-navaro-kyrsten-sinema-deserved-harassed-bathroom CNN's Ana Navarro suggests Kyrsten Sinema deserved being harassed in bathroom], Fox News, Oct 5, 2021.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
*[https://www.sinema.senate.gov/ Home | Senator Kyrsten Sinema]
*[https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/13/22882327/finding-kyrsten-sinema-senate-arizona-congress-mitt-romney-democrat-moderate a lengthy article about Sinema's background]
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