I too disagree with her statement, but she compares favorable to those Democrats who voted against the deal because it cut too much and didn’t raise taxes. Giffords is a relative moderate and much less liberal than Arizona’s other Democratic representatives.
The “compromise” cuts nothing: $2.1T in cuts with $2.1T in spending increases is static. Likewise, the bill is LOADED with loopholes for tax increases.
The democrats lost nothing on this, and the opinion that they did is coming from ABCNBCCBSCNNMSNBC.
Her statement is typically liberal in its contrivance and drama.
“Giffords is a relative moderate and much less liberal than Arizona’s other Democratic representatives.”
Giffords votes in any way Pelosi tells her to. She is a democrat first, and a representative of a right leaning district second. Given that she barely won in 2010, she gets a kitchen pass more often than most democrats, but Gabby is ALWAYS ready to sacrifice her district for liberalism.
Sorry, but I remember picketing her office to try to get her to discuss health care. It took months to force her to hold a town meeting, and then she just regurgitated the Obama/Pelosi talking points!