INSULTING

[senseandsensibility]

That's the only word for Sinema's little flounce and thumbs down gesture against the minimum wage. She thinks she's cute. I hope she sees herself trending on twitter because people are not amused.

She's trying to imitate McCain's vote against repealing ACA, but that was done to help people. Get it, Sinema? Saving people's healthcare is not the same as taking a minimum wage hike away. In fact, you might say that they're kind of opposites.

Seriously, one of the weirdest things I've ever seen in politics.

[magicarpet]

1. McCain's thumbs down....

[leftstreet]

4. Does it count if he didn't curtsy though? n/t

[magicarpet]

6. Sinema's thumbs down / minimum wage

Link to tweet

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[leftstreet]

7. Great. A Marie Antoinette Democrat

just what the party needed

[smirkymonkey]

14. +1000

What a sickening little stunt.

[RussBLib]

10. I remember hearing she was a "secular" candidate

hinting that she might be a freethinker or atheist

what a disappointment.

WTF?

[Indykatie]

13. Sinema is a Liar - She Publicly Supported Raising the Minimum Wage in 2014 Before She Got Elected

I live in Indiana but donated to her Senate campaign. Never again. Her vote is even more astonishing since Kelly voted for the bill and he's has to run again in 2022.

[senseandsensibility]

16. I saw that as well

She tweeted her support in 2014.

[Tribetime]

22. That was sickening

[PatSeg]

33. What the hell does she think she is doing?

I really don't get it.

[XanaDUer2]

37. Wth is she wearing? Knee socks? Nt

[Raine]

38. I think she's wearing tights and boots

her skirt has white trim along edge.

[senseandsensibility]

26. Thanks.

Forgot to include it in the OP. Either that I was too busy venting.

[leftstreet]

2. DURec

I briefly saw it on Twitter without context, buI thought it was one of those nutter GOPer women - Boebert or Greene

It's just vile

[senseandsensibility]

15. I did too at first

I literally could not believe it when I saw it was her.

[Lucinda]

3. Yep.

[magicarpet]

5. Sinema mimicking McCain.....

Sinema was mimicking McCain with the thumbs down jesture,...
... in full camera view at the front of the clerk's desk. As McCain did during the big vote down of the Obama ACA that Mitch and trDump wanted to badly trash, but McCain prevented it from happening.

McCain achieved great notoriety for having done this in such dramatic fashion. Sinema wanted to stand in the same spotlight of notoriety,.. hoping to burnish and polish her Senate career, as was done by John McCain in the well of the US Senate.

Her little dance was the celebration of high drama she employed like McCain,.. but Sinema's high drama was far less noble purposes. Her thrill was denying low wage folks no minimum wage increase that they need so badly. Where as McCain provided assurances lower income people could retain affordable medical health insurance coverage for themselves and their families that otherwise they could not afford the high costs of insurance coverage.

[uponit7771]

8. omfg, with friends like these. Just damn, this what we're dealing with now

[yaesu]

35. I think corporate Dems obstruction will hand the gov back over to the fascists in "22 & "24 nt

[BlueIdaho]

9. Publicity Stunt.

I guess her 15 minutes of fame are more important than moving America forward.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Dana Bash just said that this vote was so difficult for Sinema

Give me a break.

[durablend]

12. Oh I'm sure it was

"Which outfit to wear for maximum effect?"

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

17. I wonder what happened since 2014?

Link to tweet

Tweet content:

A full-time minimum-wage earner makes less than $16k a year. This one’s a no-brainer. Tell Congress to #RaiseTheWage!

[Irish_Dem]

19. We can guess what happened.

Only a few explanations fit the facts and her behavior.
It was obviously not a hard decision for her, and she was quite happy.

[senseandsensibility]

20. Care to speculate?

I admit I am bewildered. I can be very cynical, but I don't understand the little flounce and the showmanship What does she gain by that? It's not like Republicans will vote for her.

[Irish_Dem]

27. It is not about politics, neither Dems or Repugs will vote for her.

So what explanations does that leave us with?

The little flounce was the confirmation as far as I am concerned.

[senseandsensibility]

39. It's still not clear to me

but maybe I'm just slow. I was just on her twitter account and she retweeted someone complimenting her on bringing a chocolate cake to the staff last night. She is getting ratioed like I've never seen anyone get ratioed. So I guess she thinks it's bright to encourage the Marie Antoinette meme too. All I got is that she wants attention for some reason.

[rogue emissary]

18. The trending Marie Antoinette fits her well.

[Politicalgolfer]

21. What's with the high school cheerleader outfit???

🙄

[senseandsensibility]

23. I just saw someone on twitter point out that

she's dressed like someone straight out of "Clueless" and appears to be wearing a designer backpack to vote down the minimum wage.

[BradAllison]

29. She just marched into Old Navy and told them to fuck themselves

Because they didn't take back her return. "Minimum wage assholes!"

[Peregrine Took]

24. She needs to stand in the corner with a dunce cap on.

Just made a complete idiot of herself before the whole world.

Is she that badly in need of attention?

Sick little cookie.

[durablend]

25. It's the Sinema-Manchin tag team apparently

Which will outdo the other next?

[onecaliberal]

28. She lied to the people who voted for her. I hope they realize it.

[monkeyman1]

30. need a complete who to get rid list for '22

[Mike 03]

31. She's so conscious of trends, I'm sure she'll get the message.

I wrote to her twice today.

She embarrassed a lot of people who really invested a lot of hope and (some) trust and faith in her.

[dianaredwing]

32. Can't we trade her to the repugs

for someone we know we can't count on? It's a real drag to have democrats acting like repugs. At least you know where you stand with them though.

[LymphocyteLover]

34. Yes, totally gross

[2Gingersnaps]

36. Soooooo, she makes what, $86 an hour?

And the people who pay her wages aren't worth $15? Hmmmmm. Sounds like a comeuppance is needed.