Posted on 01/13/2022 7:00:03 PM PST by 11th_VA
Just minutes before President Joe Biden arrived in his old stomping grounds for the first time, Sen. Kyrsten (D-AZ), made it clear that it was a wasteful trip.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)—her partner in inflicting intra-party pain and the only other Senate Democratic holdout for a filibuster exception—called her performance “excellent.”
Biden conceded he wasn’t sure that Democrats could get something done on voting rights...
Democrats left their Thursday meeting with Biden in dismay at the possibility of what might next. Sinema’s speech—timed to maximize its effect—particularly stung Democrats from Capitol Hill to the White House.
Most Senate Democrats declined to engage much with their Arizona colleague’s move. “I think it just speaks for itself,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)…
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about Sinema’s remarks, although one longtime Biden advisor messaged The Daily Beast roughly halfway through her remarks that the president was likely “spitting bullets” over the perceived disrespect of delivering a speech torpedoing his agenda only minutes before he was set to address the caucus.
“Just colossally disrespectful,” the longtime advisor said. “It’s a middle finger, and it’s frankly unimaginable to someone who spent four decades in the Senate.”
Although White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that she would not “get into any private conversations” between Biden and Sinema, those on the staff level were blindsided by the Arizona senator’s remarks until they were first reported on Twitter.
Within the West Wing, the collapse of Biden’s push for filibuster reform came amidst a torrent of bad news, including a Supreme Court decision striking down his nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses. One person familiar with the internal response to the Arizona senator’s remarks only sent a red-faced swearing emoji; another summed it up as “ughhhhhhhhhhh” with eleven H’s...
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FJB
What gets me is that the Dems are acting all shocked, like this was some ‘surprise’. Like Manchin on BBB, Sinema has been saying, ‘no’ all along.
They just don’t listen.
It's been a decent day.
But the Left never stops.
The marxists must not have any good blackmail material on manchin and sinema.
Boo-freakin'-hoo!
Enjoy the suckage that's your agenda, you per-rick.
“The marxists must not have any good blackmail material on manchin and sinema.”
Sure they do. They just haven’t made it up yet.
He agreed with “Let’s Go Brandon”
Exactly. She consistently said she wasn’t going to budge. For them to look at it as an insult is just sour grapes. She was actually extending them a professional courtesy by delivering her position on the filibuster before they went through the trouble to meet about it. “Don’t bother, boys. I’m NOT changing my mind on this,”
Stomp a pile of ants, roaches, or termites and three days later they are back in full battle mode...
I think she knew they were about to embark on some major arm twisting, and she decided to end it before they started.
“Just colossally disrespectful,” the longtime advisor said. “It’s a middle finger, and it’s frankly unimaginable to someone who spent four decades in the Senate.”
What’s frankly unimaginable is that a lame brain like BiteMe was elected to the Senate for four decades.
The Midterms are looking bad for the Rats, and Sinema faces an election this year in Arizona which is going to be razor tight. Her actions portray her as a centrist willing to work across the aisle.
I hate that word maverick Since the Democrats saddled McCain with it.
He was stupid enough to think they meant he was Tom Cruise from the movie top gun.
All the best was he was stupid enough to reach across the aisle vote with dems
Sometimes “maverick” is just another word for turncoat.
“It’s a middle finger, and it’s frankly unimaginable to someone who spent four decades in the Senate.”
Oh please.... The moron doesn’t even remember what he did four minutes ago, much less what he did in his obscene amount of time fleecing the taxpayers.
He’s just one of many poster children for term limits.
The credit card industry never needed a lobbyist, they had a bill of sale for Joe Biden.
Shows the idiocy of Delaware voters.
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