Last night we told you how Kyrsten Sinema defended the filibuster when a reporter asked her about it, and she also said she was still a strong ‘no’ on getting rid of it.
Well that apparently sent the radical left into a rage on social media:
THE HILL – Sinema’s comments from Tuesday, while aligned with her previous position on the filibuster, sparked a fierce rebuke from progressives on Wednesday, who argued that she was out of touch with how the procedural roadblock has been used in recent years.
“Sen. Sinema is simply wrong about the history of the filibuster. Its current abuse by Sen. McConnell has turned the Senate into a cesspool of partisanship, gridlock and dysfunction. … The only way Democrats can pass any meaningful legislation to protect voters and our democracy is to eliminate the filibuster,” said Eli Zupnick, a spokesman for Fix Our Senate, referring to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“Changing the behavior of the entire Republican caucus — or even just 10 members — is a pipe dream,” he added.
Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama aide, accused Sinema of “telling every Democratic activist and grassroots donor that helped get her elected to go screw themelves.”
MSNBC host Joy Reid called Sinema’s comments “absurd.”
“Just say you don’t care about these bills and all you care about is that Republicans get to control the agenda,” she tweeted.
How is it that these loons are blaming McConnell for ‘abusing’ the filibuster? It was Senate Democrats, led by Schumer, who used the filibuster prolifically to block the Trump agenda for the last four years. They used it more than any party has ever used it under one president. But McConnell is to blame?
Here’s a few other furious tweets about Sinema:
Among the most disturbing parts of this is the deification of "bipartisanship" as justification for an autocratic filibuster. Bipartisanship is referenced in theocratic terms – as if the highest form of human existence is for Dems to be in lockstep with Republicans. Sociopathic. https://t.co/JQl7u311Ay
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) June 2, 2021
This is beyond stupid from @SenatorSinema @kyrstensinema. The GOP is LAUGHING at her. By all means primary her. PLEASE. https://t.co/Jwqf1WoB2n
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) June 2, 2021
Kyrsten Sinema wants to make sure our country doesn’t “ricochet back and forth wildly every 2 to 4 years.”
She’d much rather we maintain the status quo, where Black, brown, LGBTQ, disabled and poor people are all disenfranchised to the benefit of wealthy white men. https://t.co/6bytuk00J7
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) June 2, 2021
Boys and girls, our two words of the day are TRANSACTIONAL USER?
Can you use them in a sentence?
Kid steps up to the mic.
Kid: @SenatorSinema is a transactional user and fake Democrat.
All the other kids applaud.
Parents of kid very proud. https://t.co/edMGdIPn2a
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 3, 2021
That's nice, @SenatorSinema, but I call BS. You KNOW Dems need HR1 because GQP is cheating, You KNOW there will be no more democracy unless we abolish the filibuster, but you made some kind of deal with the right…or they have something on you. You are a disgrace. https://t.co/WhZcIN2K7X
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) June 3, 2021
Just like Joe Manchin, Democrats are seething to get rid of Sinema. But also, just like Joe Manchin, she’ll be in the Senate until at least 2024 when she’s up for reelection, and that must be wrecking members of her party.