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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Kyrsten Sinema slammed after spokesperson says it's sexist to discuss her 'thumbs down' vote
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
March 06, 2021
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on Friday offered up a dramatic "thumbs down" vote on increasing the minimum wage to $15, which NCRM and other news outlets reported. While she was one of eight Democrats to vote against the legislation, she was the only one to mimic the late Republican Senator John McCain, also of Arizona, who famously stopped Republicans from killing ObamaCare.
Sinema was also the only one to bring cake to the Senate floor, giving her critics ample ammunition to compare her to Marie Antoinette. But now Senator Sinema is fighting back.
According to HuffPost, Sinema's spokesperson says it's sexist to discuss her thumbs down act.
"Sinema's office responded to a question about the gesture by making the absurd claim that the inquiry is sexist," the news outlet's Sara Boboltz reports. "'Commentary about a female senator's body language, clothing, or physical demeanor does not belong in a serious media outlet,' Hannah Hurley, a spokesperson for Sinema, told HuffPost."
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Yeehah
(4,591 posts)I'm so sick of the idiocracy.
Bettie
(16,124 posts)Because it didn't seem like it was happening to us?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,456 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)I told her that she has changed from the person I voted for and that she is asking for a
primary opponent. I told her to work with the Democrats and not the Republicans. And much more.
I'll post her reply if I get one.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)sun came up..he told her, in a message, is okay to be funky in high school, but is time to put your big girl pants on and grow up..Mz Sinema, you are NO John Mccain..
IMHO, she got the attention she so craves, and this will be a talking point all day...she is fair game - she invited ALL commentary..
Paladin
(28,272 posts)Really poor showing by one of our own, both legislatively and physically. She deserves the criticism she's getting.
aocommunalpunch
(4,244 posts)Didnt need to try and catch McConnells attention with a pat on the back. Maybe I missed that part. Sure looks bad when Dems try to appear cozy with the other side. I would think ignoring McConnell would be best practices, but Im just an armchair warrior.
IronLionZion
(45,527 posts)Or was it the literal chocolate cake she brought for her staff?
TwilightZone
(25,478 posts)The spokesperson said the response to the vote was sexist, not the vote.
It's right there in the headline if you didn't make it to the article.
IronLionZion
(45,527 posts)The issue is her vote.
intheflow
(28,501 posts)her clothing and body language. So you and I see the issue as her vote, but because others have made it about a kind of body shaming, here we are, discussing her clothing and posture instead of her vote and seeming chumminess with McTurtle.
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)indefensible.
Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)was vile and disgusting.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Bettie
(16,124 posts)did she think it would make her a hero or something? That people would see it and say "You know, she's right, the minimum wage needs to stay low!"?
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)intheflow
(28,501 posts)I hadn't seen this before.
RandiFan1290
(6,242 posts)dlk
(11,575 posts)Sexism has nothing to do with it. Americans are massively suffering and in her best judgment it was time for a Hollywood moment? (Theoretically, she's not a Republican.) Apparently, someone needs to explain context to her staff if they got their backs up over purported sexism. Sinema and the other Democrats who voted against a $15 minimum wage, which in reality, still isn't enough to live on, have lost their moral compasses. Every last one of them needs to be primaried. Kowtowing to business owners and corporations who have become accustomed to paying poverty level wages to enrich themselves is reprehensible. To paraphrase FDR, if businesses can't afford to pay a living wage, they don't deserve to exist.
FlyingPiggy
(3,384 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)then she shouldn't act like she wandered onto the Hunger Games set while casting votes. She is one of three women who voted the way she did as Democrats and the other two aren't getting this static because they behaved as dignified representatives of their states.
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)Completely unnecessary and very obviously done for attention. She looks like a petulant brat.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Next Progressive Democrat is up to bat in Arizona...
Crowman2009
(2,499 posts)And if they are of two spirits or are big supporters of the LGBTQ+ community in AZ, then Krysten can kiss their support goodbye!
Irish_Dem
(47,377 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,183 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)...Maybe if Sen. Sinema was in favor of a minimum wage, but disagreed with putting it through using reconciliation. OK, I disagree with that, but I can respect such an opinion.
But that thumbs-down - she was showing a really snotty attitude there. Not a good look.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)McCain's vote saved healthcare for millions. Sinema's vote denied a better life for millions.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Also, his vote was decisive. Kyrsten was just along for the ride.