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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKyrsten Sinema blasted for fundraising from groups opposed to Dem agenda
A 'cartoonish' level of corruption: Kyrsten Sinema blasted for fundraising from business groups opposed to Dem agendaU.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faced blistering rebuke Monday following reports that the right-wing Arizona Democrat will solicit large campaign contributions from corporate lobbyists staunchly opposed to her party's flagship $3.5 trillion Build Back Better budget reconciliation package.
The New York Times reports Sinema is scheduled to host a Tuesday fundraiser with five influential business lobby groups. According to the paper:
https://www.rawstory.com/kyrsten-sinema-fundraising/
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Kyrsten Sinema blasted for fundraising from groups opposed to Dem agenda (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
Sep 2021
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Botany
(70,490 posts)3. Sinema is using this one term to "cash in" on her senate seat and no doubt she will get some ...
Last edited Tue Sep 28, 2021, 07:40 PM - Edit history (2)
.... really high paying job at some "think tank" or as an advisor to some drug company
where she will not have to do any real work after she leaves the senate in 2025. She
is in it to win it and by that I mean become very rich.
Link to tweet
Quanto Magnus
(893 posts)4. She is not a Dem
nor is Manchin
They run as Dems cause they know they would lose to more conservative Republicans if they ran as Republicans.