As Twitchy reported, it was a bit awkward for Sen. Chuck Schumer to tweet about how proud he was to be working with Kyrsten Sinema in January, seeing as Sinema had promised during her campaign that she would not support Schumer for Senate minority leader.
Well, the vote has come and gone, and Schumer won back his position without objection, with Sinema explaining she might have voted for his challenger, if he had one.
Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she would have considered voting for someone other than Sen. Chuck Schumer to lead the Democrats in the Senate if he drew a challengerhttps://t.co/D22BTGPkQA
— POLITICO (@politico) November 14, 2018
Here is candidate Kyrsten Sinema in July, on Chuck Schumer’s future as Senate minority leader:
“I am not going to vote for him,” she flatly told Politco.
Well, here is Sinema on Wednesday, shortly after Schumer was re-elected Senate minority leader by acclamation. Nobody objected.
“Had there been a challenger for minority leader, I would have considered new leadership and a fresh perspective,” she said, in a statement. “I will continue to put Arizona over party.”
…
Not a great start, senator.
In her first official act, @KyrstenSinema reneges on her pledge to spurn Chuck Schumer. Not a great start, senator (elect). https://t.co/HFZEKU4uc6 via @azcentral
— Laurie Roberts (@LaurieRoberts) November 14, 2018
The Swamp powers overtake on day one. https://t.co/BGcQnJJR37
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) November 14, 2018
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Sinema isn't the moderate she claimed to be? Well, I'll be damned. https://t.co/vCJtNBuP8s
— jon gabriel (@exjon) November 14, 2018
On the campaign trail, Sinema said she wouldn't support Chuck Schumer as party leader in the Senate. Today, she reversed herself. Arizona voters, you're such a bunch of gullible suckers. https://t.co/BGCzNGRXxp
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 14, 2018
Notice the lack of caveat, condition, or wiggle room: “I am not going to vote for him,” she said matter of factly when pressed on her view of the Democratic leader.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 14, 2018
Very first thing she does is break her promise not to vote for him. Wow.
— Independent Mark (@malavemark) November 14, 2018
That didn't take long. But, not surprised.
— Curtice Mang (@curticemang) November 14, 2018
Arizonans will quickly have a severe case of voters remorse.
— Curtice Mang (@curticemang) November 14, 2018
Absolutely shocking, said no rational thinking Arizona voter ever
— GH (@g_hart09) November 14, 2018
But we knew this already didn’t we. Damn Arizona. Ya’ll got punked.
— Hassan (@hassankt) November 14, 2018
They love their mavericks!
— Russell Flowers (@ChoralReave) November 14, 2018
Well, a lot has changed since last Tuesday
— SoothingDave (@SoothingDave) November 14, 2018
Nancy Pelosi to Democratic candidates: Lie if you have to…
and she did.
Standard operating procedure.— Cinnamon 305 (@Cinnamon305) November 14, 2018
Wow. The woman who embraced the Taliban, communism, and called Arizonans trash has reversed her election stance? No way.
— Rodrigo Swoleterte ?? ?? (@JurisNaturalism) November 14, 2018
Well, in her defense, Che Guevara wasn’t an option for minority leader.
— Rafael Nendel-Flores (@rnendelflores) November 14, 2018
The same things were said about Doug Jones in Alabama. He has been nothing more than a Schumer pawn. Thankfully, that error gets reversed in 2020.
— BamaWSP (@jwbarnesiii) November 14, 2018
Well there you go. I’m betting a 100% down the Dem line voting record for her. The AZ indies got hoodwinked less than a week in.
— THE WESTERN FRONT (@HaimannJohn) November 14, 2018
Sinema outright said Arizona voters were idiots. It seems she was right.
— Magilla Guerrilla (@jmkg95) November 14, 2018
Hmmm, perhaps she was right about everything she said about Arizona.
— Nathan Shane Miller (@NShaneMiller) November 14, 2018
I bet she reverts back to her true colors of far-left radical in 6 months. She will be worse than Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, Waters.
— Stable Nationalist Genius (@azcon5) November 14, 2018
It's easy to say that on the campaign trail. Even if she meant it, once she got to congress Chuckie would make sure she follows blindly. Imagine what they will do with Ocrazio.
— Alexa Joy (@AlexaMAGA16) November 14, 2018
If there’s one thing the Democrats do well, it’s marching in lockstep.
When do the new “Meth lab of democracy” Arizona license plates come out?
— CoachB (@CoachB24314770) November 14, 2018
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AWKWARD: Chuck Schumer SO excited to work with ‘Woman of the West’ Kyrsten Sinema … there’s just 1 problem https://t.co/09cESjP7mS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 13, 2018
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