News about Kyrsten Sinema

How Democrats need an upset victory in these states to stand a chance of keeping the Senate

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 8, 2024
Democrats are facing an unfriendly map to hold their Senate majority come November, but they are defiant that they can keep the chamber despite Republicans having an advantage in several states where Democrats are up for reelection or retiring at the end of this year.

Damning texts show Republican mocked 'crazies' challenging election results while kicking back on vacation in Thailand

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 22, 2024
Republican congressional candidate Abraham Hamadeh continues to challenge the results of the 2022 election, but new text messages obtained by DailyMail.com suggest he was not always the furtive election fighter he now portrays himself to be.

Republican campaign arm hits Democrat Senate hopeful where it hurts: Scathing new ad accuses Ruben Gallego of 'walking out' on his family TWO weeks before child was born

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 18, 2024
The Republican Senate campaign arm is out with a scathing new ad accusing Arizona Senate candidate Ruben Gallego of being a 'deadbeat dad' as the Senate race in the battleground states heats up. 'One of life's greatest joys, becoming a parent, but days before that life changing moment, Ruben Gallego walked out on his family, abandoning his newborn son,' the narrator says. It goes on 'if deadbeat dad Ruben Gallego would abandon his own family, he won't be there for Arizonans when it matters most,' she continues.

The MAGA millions: Trump-backed candidates including Kari Lake and Bernie Moreno reveal their record-breaking fundraising hauls in swing states crucial in 2024

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 16, 2024
Senate candidates faced a fundraising deadline to reveal what they raised in the first three months of the year. The filings show it is going to be an incredibly expensive campaign season with candidates raking in millions but also spending millions. While much focus is on the presidential race, Republicans are looking to flip the Senate come November and have a pretty favorable map to do so. Democrats currently hold a one seat majority in the Senate, but several Democratic Senators are up for reelection in increasingly red states and ones that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020 including Montana and Ohio.

At a Mar-a-Lago: Roseanne Barr is uncanceled, but at a poolside fundraiser for Kari Lake, she laughs about period-powered soldiers, adult diapers, being a 'hateful' Jew, and wetting the bed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 4, 2024
On Wednesday evening, Roseanne Barr sarcastically thanked Christians for her Judaism knowledge. During a ritzy fundraiser at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, one onlooker said it was certainly the first time that menstrual cycle jokes had been made. Barr, who was kicked out of her own show after being accused of bigotry, was part of an evening of uncanceled comedians in favor of Kari Lake, who is fighting for the Arizona Senate seat vacated by Kyrsten Sinema.

Kari Lake firebrands Ruby a handgun for her birthday

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 1, 2024
What do you buy your daughter to mark her coming of age when she turns 21? If you're looking for a 9mm Sig Sauer P365-XL Comp Rose Edition handgun, it's a Republican Senate candidate named Kari Lake. Lake went to Scottsdale Gun Club on Saturday evening for date night at the range with partner Jeff Halperin to let off a few rounds. And they left with what they described as the perfect gift for daughter Ruby.

As debate rages over a sailor kissing nurse without permission, a famous V-J Day event in Times Square has survived, but was it a joyful commemoration or sexual assault?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 7, 2024
Since complaints that it was "offensive" and depicted a "non-consensual machination, the iconic VJ day snapshot of a solider kissing a nurse that became a symbol of World War II has prompted calls for a ban. The photo, taken in Times Square in New York City, depicts a moment a solider grabbed a nurse - who did not know - and kissed her as part of the Japan Centenary celebrations. It was immortalized on film by photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, who took the picture for Life Magazine. A US Department of Veteran Affairs memo, leaked last week, instructed staff to'promptly delete' the famous image and replace it with one that was less offensive. The memo has since been deleted, but the event has reignited controversy over the image, which some have said is a sign of a'very public sexual assault.' Greta and George have been friends for many years, photographed left in 1945, center in 1980, and right in 2005.

Senator Kyrsten Sinema has confirmed that she is not seeking re-election in Arizona's shock election

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 5, 2024
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona stunned colleagues on Tuesday by announcing that she would not run for re-election ahead of what would have been a tumultuous campaign. In her farewell letter, the 47-year-old Independent, who defected from Democrats in 2022 and was a centrist in the Senate, warned that America is choosing 'anger and division' rather than working together. Sinema, the first openly bisexual member of Congress, competes in Ironman triathlons and grew up in a Mormon family. She may have been a moderate and a thorn in the Biden administration's cabinet, but her vibrant style and some of the more conservative views made her one of Capitol Hill's most influential names.

According to a Republican-backed-bill, Arizona's Democrat governor VETOS bill that will have made unlawful border crossing a felony punishable by six months in jail does not'secure' the state

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 5, 2024
On Monday, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have made illegal border crossings punishable by six months in jail. It will also outlawed 'eluding examinations by immigration officers' and' those attempting to enter or obtain entry to the United States by a willfully misleading statement or the willful concealment of a material fact.' Hobbs said that the bill did not'secure' the state and raised significant constitutional questions.'

Republicans at war over $118 BILLION border bill: Mitch McConnell faces fury over new law that would shut down border if crossings reach 5,000 a day and ends 'catch and release' as GOP colleagues say it's even WORSE than expected

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson joined other Republicans who have already deemed the bipartisan Senate border agreement 'dead on arrival' and called the plan 'worse than expected.' Sens. Theresa Sens, three leading negotiators for the border security package. The text of the sprawling agreement was revealed by James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Tuesday that the first procedural vote would be held on Wednesday.

Senator Kyrsten Sinema spent over $800,000 of campaign funds in just three months, including $265,000 on security - with staffers saying 'She's Howard Hughes level paranoid'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 2, 2024
According to Federal Election Commission filings, the independent from Arizona, who left the Democrat Party in 2022, outspent what she raised by almost $200,000, dishing out $796,565 in the fourth quarter. At least $265,521 was invested on defense, including $77,000 on a new Chevrolet and $1,523 worth of tickets to her bodyguards' performances, as well as $490 at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. It's unclear what kind of car she bought, it was only listed as a 'van', and the tickets were also not listed as to what sort of event her guard would be attending.

'I'm going to tell you the truth': Kyrsten Sinema blasts her former boss and says decision to send $130 MILLION of migrant money to New York instead of border states is because Senate leader Chuck Schumer is from NEW YORK

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 3, 2023
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona turned on her former boss on Wednesday, shaming the decision to send $100 million to New York to help refugees and saying it was only done because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is from the state. Sinema left the Democratic Party last year and now has more freedom to express herself. On Wednesday, she did exactly that at a roundtable for first responders in Yuma, Mexico, as she learned how the migrant crisis had affected their careers.

Sinema has slammed Sinema for a plan that would require pilots to have less education in order to fly commercially

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 16, 2023
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Maine has resigned from Sen. To Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and John Thune have drafted an amendment that would minimize the number of flying hours pilots will need to fly commercially. Duckworth accused Sinema, I-Ariz., and Thune, R-S.D., of becoming more concerned with 'corporate interests,' and "that if the change passes as part of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) reauthorization, they will have 'blood on your hands.' Now is not the time to place corporate profits ahead of our constituents' lives,' said Duckworth, Ill., a former Army helicopter pilot who chairs a subcommittee on aviation safety.' A vote to [change the training standards] for pilots will result in a fatal accident owing to a poorly prepared flight crew.'

The House of Representatives has approved the repayment of student loans by TURN Biden's plan

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 24, 2023
Rep. Jared Golden, Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash., who was introduced by Rep. Bob Good, R-Va. The Biden plan was supposed to provide assistance to up to 40 million borrowers, who may have qualified for up to $20,000 in forgivenship. The scheme has been delayed in court and is now before the Supreme Court. The bill was introduced under the Congressional Review Act, which means it will now have to be approved by the Senate despite Democratic control of that chamber. It could pass by a simple majority, but the White House has threatened to veto the bill.

Title 42 comes to an end: More than 10,000 people per day are expected to migrate in the United States

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 12, 2023
A DAYS ARE OVER 10,000 residents, while Title 42 border restrictions come to an end, and 28,000 people are held in detention. Migrants gathered on both directions of the US-Mexico border on Thursday just hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 became effective, with some migrants rushing to cross ahead of tougher new asylum laws that would replace a COVID-era order. In recent days, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been delaying up to 28,000 migrants at its facilities, far beyond their official capacity and in what seemed to be a record, according to two federal officials who requested anonymity and the Border Patrol's union. According to union President Brandon Judd, the best border detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso, Texas, as well as two others in Arizona.

Biden had two years to prepare for end of Title 42 and failed: Kyrsten Sinema tears into White House

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Iowa, has been sent by the Biden administration for failing to plan for the end of Title 42, though she has stated that she would keep colleagues on board with her own plan to do just that. The free-thinking former Democrat said that the federal government had left Arizona, where she represents, "without adequate funding" for the pandemic-era restriction's conclusion. She said she was on the phone with local authorities on an hourly basis, wondering how stretched state and local resources could help to support the influx of migrants up to and after Title 42's completion. 'It's clear that the Biden administration, although it had two years to brace for the onset of Title 42, did not do so,' Sinema told reporters.

Barrasso calls Mayorkas 'malicious' - and some DEMOCRATS think it's time to extend Title 42

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 10, 2023
Sec. : This would result in a'invasion' and have been referred to as Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas''malicious' is a word that describes people on the left when the Biden administration introduced a new asylum policy that placed them on the left. Barrasso, R-Wyo., said of the eerily stampede of migrants at the border as he attacked Mayorkas' character. However, several Democratic senators have confirmed that they are now on board with a plan to extend Title 42-like immediate expulsion officials, just one day before the pandemic health reforms come to an end. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown all agreed co-sponsors to a bill that was originally proposed by Sen. Mitch. On Tuesday, Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., made their debut.

Sens. George Leo Varadkar has been able to exile migrants for two years since Title 42 came to an end. Tillis, Sinema, is on a lockout

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 4, 2023
The bill, first reported by Politico and now being led by Senators, was first introduced by Politico. As Title 42 is set to expire next week, Tom Tillis, R-N.C., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., will allow agents to continue expelling migrants immediately without any court hearings for two years. It is distinct from the pair's wider immigrant plan. Agents are allowed to refuse migrants who claim asylum or other avenues that could give them legal status to enter for public health reasons under the new administration. Since the health service ended when migrants crossing the southern border into the United States are expected to reach between 10,000 and 13,000 per day, Republicans have urged the Biden administration to find a 'adequate substitute' for Title 42.

With Kyrsten Sinema, a pro-Trump sheriff battles Senate is a contest

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 11, 2023
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is up for re-election by a cowboy hat-wearing Republican sheriff. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, a hard on immigration pro-Trumper who just lost his son and granddaughter in a car crash a few months ago, applied for the race on Monday. Lamb became the first major Republican candidate to officially announce his campaign by doing so. Sinema changed her party affiliation from Democrat to independent late last year, boosting fear that she will be ousted by voters if she runs for reelection in 2024 after being a spoiler to some leftist legislative bids in the razor-thin split upper chamber.

Kyrsten Sinema is considering running as an outsider in the Senate election

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 7, 2023
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is planning to run as an outsider in 2024, setting up a three-way contest in the highly competitive state for a seat that may include Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake. The Wall Street Journal announced that Sinema, who became an Independent in December, huddled with aides in Arizona this week to have a campaign plan and time frame. With her refusal to endorse any of President Joe Biden's proposals for social care, the 46-year-old senator has been a thorn in the side of Democratic leaders and angered liberals.

Kari Lake, an Arizona gubernatorial loser, has said she is now considering a bid for the US Senate

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 28, 2023
Lake, a Trump-backed Republican, maintains that she defeated Hobbs last November largely due to voter manipulation and election irregularities that she is now contesting to prove in court. Since incumbent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema declared late last year that she would run as an outsider, Lake's name has been floating as a potential Republican nominee for the US Senate from Arizona in 2024.

Democrats, according to Kyrsten Sinema, are "old dudes eating Jell-O."

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 23, 2023
Everyone is talking about how good they are,' is how Sen. Kirsten Sinema talks about weekly Democratic Senate lunches she no longer attends. Since turning to become an Independent, she stopped going. Politico said, 'I can get back an hour and a half every week.' Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the oldest Democrat, is 89, but Charles Grassley, the oldest Republican, is 64.

Manchin has 'been raising hell' about 'bulls***' plan to transition from fossil fuel to green energy

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 9, 2023
According to reports, the centrist Democrat is more concerned that the Inflation Reduction Act, which he helped name, is more often thought of as a climate change bill than necessary safeguards on American energy independence. He also chastised members of his party, who are calling for a more swifter transition away from fossil fuels. "This is bulls***" says the bull. So they're gonna basically starve us out of energy that we have a tremendous, abundant supply of because of their aspirational thoughts?' According to reports, Manchin is a manchin. "I will continue to fight and I'll do everything I can to make sure the community knows what they're doing and what it does to you and your economy, as well as your lifestyle."

Dem. In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols' murder, Maxine Waters calls Kyrsten Sinema "that woman from Arizona."

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2023
Representative Maxine Waters dismissed Senator Kyrsten Sinema as "the lady from Arizona" after she learned of Tyre Nichols' suicide on Sunday. As the controversy was revisited following Nichols' brutal beating, Firebrand Waters slammed Sinema, moderate and often swing-vote senator Joe Manchin' for not 'giv(ing) a darn' about police reform legislation. Reminiscing about her political career, which stems back to Rodney King's thrashes in the late 1990s: 'We keep fighting, we keep begging, we keep doing everything we can,' she said, adding that the campaigns are dooming because she doesn't have enough people who care enough about this topic.'