Kyrsten Sinema questions whether moderates still have a place in the Democratic Party

Fox News ^ | September 13, 2026 | Max Bacall

[MinorityRepublican]

Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema questioned whether there is still room for moderates in the Democratic Party, saying it was made "clear" they didn’t want her there before she abandoned her Democratic affiliation and became an independent.

"The reason I left was because the party had decided they wanted to pursue a track of short-term gain and really sacrificing kind of longer-term issues around democracy, like the filibuster," she said Saturday on "My View with Lara Trump." "And they very much made it clear that they didn't really want me there. And so I left, which made me happy, and I think made them happy."

"But I'm not sure that there's more room for others who are moderate or conservatives left there... That's unfortunate because the majority of Americans actually live in that moderate or fiscally conservative middle," she added.

Sinema, who was elected to both the House and Senate as a Democrat before becoming an independent, said she left the party after Democrats pursued what she characterized as immediate political gains at the expense of longer-term institutional concerns, specifically citing the filibuster.

She also contrasted the party she joined with the growing Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) movement, which she said is rooted in principles that do not reflect the "historic Democratic Party."

Sinema said that when she entered Congress in 2012, she was a "blue dog," a coalition she described as fiscally conservative and socially moderate. There were a lot more traditional liberal Democrats at that time, she said, stating that the DSA is something else entirely.

"It's really rooted in tenets of socialism, which is not reflective of the historic Democratic Party. So it's hard to tell whether it's a hijacking or whether it is actually the movement of the voters' opinions," she said.

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[frank ballenger]

Doesn’t she know they’re like the doormats at the doorways from outside a house? Good place for the Socialists to wipe their dirty shoe soles.

[vpintheak]

That party is nothing but psychopaths; “strong” women and beta men. The worst of the worst. There is no hope. They’ve ceded their party to the narcissistic a-holes they’ve been breeding for decades.

[Sarah Barracuda]

the Democrat party doesnt exist anymore, that party is DEAD..what you see now is the full blown Communist Party..and this is by design, done by Barack Obama, when he said that he would fundamentally transform America, he didnt mean America, he meant the Democrat Party, he transformed it alright

[Az Joe]

I could be her boyfriend and help with her psychedelics tests

[BradyLS]

Wot “mod’rate Democrats?”

[Paladin2]

Just label them as the CPUSA.....

[Fai Mao]

I don’t think the Democrats are Communist. They may think they are but Communist tend to be prudes morally, politically disciplined, and doctrinaire. Every Communist government is regulated, controlled and exhibits not just a loss not freedom but of individuality. However, Communist haven’t abandoned logic and reason like the current Democrats.

The modern US Democratic Party is something worse. I don’t have have a name for them. Maybe a Dunciad Party? If I’m being nice.

[MinorityRepublican]

The Jacobins.

[Sarah Barracuda]

They are beyond communists..what they have become, before Obama yeah they had beliefs that I did not agree with but I was not terrified of them, a Republican would become President, a Dem would become President, we had difference of opinion but life went on..but what we have now I dont even recognize them anymore. I was never that afraid of them like I am now, like if they get back power forget about it, America will NEVER be the same again. I was watching Newsmax and they were interviewing Bill O Reilly and he said something that I didnt think of til he said it, why does Sanders and others want “Universal child care” because just like in Communist countries, they get the little kids and they indoctrinate them to become their permanent voter block

[The Duke]

I no longer believe in such things as “Republicans” and “Democrats” - those are just labels used to attain the power to shear the sheep. I now only see - throughout the world - only oligarchs and wanna-be oligarchs.

[griswold3]

Yes, the moderate Dems have ceded control to the Far Left who does not know what to do with it. They still think they can control them. Ha ha

[Third Person]

she ‘s got it going on

[Fungi]

Commies are not stupid.
Proverbs 22:6:
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.