Krysten Sinema at one of FGs SOTU "speeches"

[tenderfoot]

I don't think she's interested in ending the filibuster - raising the minimum wage - protecting voting rights or anything else progressive.

[ChrisF1961]

1. She really should be primaried

[GoodRaisin]

4. Her term ends in 2025. Our Army might be goose stepping by then

if nothing changes before then.

[lagomorph777]

13. We might all be goose stepping by then.

Something has to be done to reign her in. Kompromat, bribes, whatever, I don't care.

[wackadoo wabbit]

23. Forget primaried -- I want her recalled!

Both sides in Arizona hate her now; if someone started a recall, I'm sure it would pass.

[ChrisF1961]

24. Is there a recall law in Arizona?

[wackadoo wabbit]

30. Arizona has a history of recalling politicians

In 1988 the governor, Evan Mecham, was recalled.

Just recently, paperwork was filed to recall the current governor, Doug Ducey; but, as can be imagined, COVID got in the way of collecting signatures, so the effort was dropped.

Ballotpedia has this great list of recent recall campaigns. It seems as if every year there's at least a half-dozen politicians facing a recall. Here's the list:

https://ballotpedia.org/Recall_campaigns_in_Arizona

[ChrisF1961]

31. Interesting

but they all seem to be state elected officials. Does their recall law also apply to federal elected officials?

[wackadoo wabbit]

33. Good point! AZ law does provide for recalling federal senators and representatives

(there was even a movement to recall McCain after his cancer diagnosis), but whether it could actually happen is unknown, as a senator has never been recalled before (from any state). One NJ case went as far the the NJ Supreme Court, which ruled that federal officials can't be subject to a recall.

Of course, the AZ Supreme Court might rule differently. But if that were to happen, the U.S. Supreme Court would almost assuredly get involved, and who knows then? The NJ Supreme Court precedent certainly wouldn't help matters though.

[GoodRaisin]

26. McConnell would love that. He'd become the majority leader again

when a Republican replaces her.

[tenderfoot]

27. He already is...

seeing that she votes with the GOP most of the time.

[wackadoo wabbit]

28. Why are you so sure that a Republican would replace her?

Arizona is purple with a tinge of blue now. We have two (albeit one is in name only, but we didn't know that when we voted for her) Democratic senators, and the state went for Biden (OK, not by a huge margin, but a win's a win).

The state is changing. I feel confident enough that a Democrat would replace Sinema if she were recalled that I'd be willing to carry around recall petitions myself.

[GoodRaisin]

35. Okay. Let's just say I don't want to open that door.

I'll leave it at that.

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Don't forget - she used to be Green Party

I'm beginning to think she's as helpful to us as Jill Stein.

[Trailrider1951]

3. I think that the only thing Sinema is interested in is

her own personal power and grift. Tell me I'm wrong.

[FalloutShelter]

5. Being on camera.

[Trailrider1951]

6. You have a point there

[smirkymonkey]

25. Her career is basically over.

She's toast.

[Yavin4]

7. Sens. Kamala and Kristen have that look like "she's not with us".

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"We don't know who she is. She is not with us. I was holding that seat for someone else and she just sat down."

[tenderfoot]

8. They look utterly disgusted...

and there's a good reason for that standing between them.

[whathehell]

10. Who is FG?

[tenderfoot]

11. the previous occupant of the white house

now known as Former Guy (FG)

[whathehell]

14. Lol..

Okay.

[bottomofthehill]

18. I Like FE

Fat Elvis

[Hortensis]

21. A favorite here also.

[yardwork]

12. Wow. I hadn't seen this before.

[tinrobot]

15. Green Party mole, she is...

[miyazaki]

16. She looks like a judge from The Hunger Games

Seems apt.

[3catwoman3]

17. Her sartorial choices certainly scream, "Notice me."

“Notice me!”

[Arazi]

19. Does anyone remember what she was applauding here?

[tenderfoot]

22. Here...

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/elviadiaz/2020/02/04/kyrsten-sinema-looked-pompous-clapping-trump/4663927002/

Then Sinema put on a show of her own. She enthusiastically stood to applaud Trump on "opportunity zones” or tax breaks for certain developments in poor areas. It’s fine, appropriate and necessary to work across the aisle on specific programs.

Sinema may think she displayed bipartisanship. Instead, she appeared to be cheering a president who just minutes before had refused to shake Pelosi’s hand, a president she’ll have to convict or acquit over abuse of power and contempt of Congress. A president who constantly lies, attacks nonwhites and anyone who doesn’t agree with him.

The first-term senator could have gotten the attention she sought without the pompous standing ovations. But that’s not her. She’s that self-absorbed senator Arizonans elected and who's turning out to be exasperating.

[senseandsensibility]

32. Not to mention her theatrical thumbs down

vote against minimum wage. What a thing to show off about. Her attitude is all wrong and this has happened too many times to be accidential.

[wackadoo wabbit]

34. The thing that bothered me almost the most about that was her tapping McConnell on the shoulder to

get him to turn around before she pulled her cutesy dip and thumbs-down. She wanted to make sure that he'd see it. (As I recall, he didn't turn around to watch her though.)

[hatrack]

29. Sen. Manic Pixie Dream Girl can fuck right off

.