If the Dems retain majorities in Committees, then – FINE, Fuck off. Get out. Take a hike. Go jump in a lake. If this means committees will be split then FUCK YOU!!
Kyrsten Sinema announces she is leaving Democratic Party
“In a 45-minute interview, the first-term senator told POLITICO that she will not caucus with Republicans and suggested that she intends to vote the same way she has for four years in the Senate. ‘Nothing will change about my values or my behavior,’ she said.
“Provided that Sinema sticks to that vow, Democrats will still have a workable Senate majority in the next Congress, though it will not exactly be the neat and tidy 51 seats they assumed. They’re expected to also have the votes to control Senate committees. And Sinema’s move means Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) — a pivotal swing vote in the 50-50 chamber the past two years — will hold onto some but not all of his outsized influence in the Democratic caucus.”
More details from the piece:
- On running for reelection in 2024: “Sinema wouldn’t entertain discussions of pursuing a second Senate term: ‘It’s fair to say that I’m not talking about it right now.’”
- On the Dems’ new majority: “‘I don’t anticipate that anything will change about the Senate structure,’ Sinema said, adding that some of the exact mechanics of how her switch affects the chamber is ‘a question for [Majority Leader] CHUCK SCHUMER.’”