{"id":1223044,"date":"2022-01-18T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T23:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223044"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T23:23:24","slug":"pro-abortion-group-emilys-list-threatens-to-pull-endorsement-of-sinema-if-she-keeps-supporting-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-group-emilys-list-threatens-to-pull-endorsement-of-sinema-if-she-keeps-supporting-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Abortion Group EMILY\u2019s List Threatens To Pull Endorsement Of Sinema If She Keeps Supporting Filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-abortion-group-emilys-list-threatens-to-pull-endorsement-of-sinema-if-she-keeps-supporting-filibuster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The pro-abortion group EMILY\u2019s List threatened to cease endorsing Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema if she continues to support the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>EMILY\u2019s List, which endorses and finances Democratic female candidates who support legalized abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilyslist.org\/news\/entry\/emilys-list-endorses-kyrsten-sinema-for-arizona-senate\">endorsed<\/a> Sinema during her Senate run in 2018 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00508804&amp;contributor_name=Planned+Parenthood&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contributed<\/a> $9,500 to her campaign. The group has raised money for Sinema in all four of her previous election cycles. She will next face Arizona voters in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Sinema\u2019s decision to reject the voices of allies, partners and constituents who believe the importance of voting rights outweighs that of an arcane process means she will find herself standing alone in the next election,\u201d EMILY\u2019s List President Laphonza Butler said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilyslist.org\/news\/entry\/emilys-list-statement-on-voting-rights\">statement<\/a> released Tuesday. \u201cIf Sen. Sinema can not support a path forward for the passage of this legislation, we believe she undermines the foundations of our democracy, her own path to victory and also the mission of EMILY\u2019s List, and we will be unable to endorse her moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An update from our President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaphonzaB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LaphonzaB<\/a> on voting rights <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flmU4y8qNw\">pic.twitter.com\/flmU4y8qNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EMILY\u2019s List (@emilyslist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyslist\/status\/1483553964863991817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sinema has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/kyrsten-sinema-reaffirms-opposition-abolishing-filibuster\/\">repeatedly<\/a> made clear that she does not <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/25\/kyrsten-sinema-against-eliminating-filibuster-senate-not-open-to-changing-mind\/\">support<\/a> making changes to the filibuster without Republican support. In a Jan. 13 floor speech, Sinema explained that she would oppose \u201cactions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/12\/mitch-mcconnell-responds-joe-biden-segregation-speech\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Profoundly Unpresidential\u2019: McConnell\u2019s Fiery Floor Speech About Biden Has Everyone\u2019s Attention)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTensions are raised within the country, and traditional nonpartisan issues are transformed into partisan wedges. We must address the disease itself, the disease of division, to protect our democracy. And it cannot be achieved by one party alone. It cannot be achieved solely by the federal government,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/kyrsten-sinema-senate-floor-speech-filibuster-division-polarization\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Democrats, including President Joe Biden, have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/17\/kyrsten-sinema-filibuster-voting-rights-john-lewis-al-sharpton-mlk\/\">compared<\/a> Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin with segregationists for their refusal to change Senate rules to pass two bills that would effectively nationalize elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory has never been kind to those who\u2019ve sided with voter suppression over voters\u2019 rights, and it will be even less kind for those who side with election subversion,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/11\/joe-biden-elections-bills-segregation-filibuster\/\">said<\/a> during a Jan. 11 speech in which he name-checked Alabama Gov. George Wallace, Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor, and President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Although EMILY\u2019s List exclusively supports Democrats, its threat to Sinema is not the first time the group has inserted itself into a fight between the moderate and left wings of the party. It <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/03\/17\/pro-life-dan-lipinski-marie-newman-illinois-primary-results\/\">claimed<\/a> victory in 2020 when Marie Newman, who was also endorsed by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Justice Democrats, defeated pro-life Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski in a brutal primary. EMILY\u2019s List has also <a href=\"https:\/\/emilyslist.org\/news\/entry\/emilys-list-endorses-jessica-cisneros-in-texas-28th-congressional-district\">repeatedly<\/a> endorsed a <a href=\"https:\/\/emilyslist.org\/news\/entry\/emilys-list-endorses-jessica-cisneros-for-congress\">challenger<\/a> to Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was the only Democrat in the House to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/henry-cuellar-one-democrat-against-womens-health-protection-act-abortion\/\">vote<\/a> against a bill that would legalize abortion at all points in a woman\u2019s pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema supports legalized abortion, and has a lifetime \u201cF\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba-list.org\/senator\/kyrsten-sinema\">rating<\/a> from the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pro-abortion group EMILY\u2019s List threatened to cease endorsing Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema if she continues to support the filibuster.EMILY\u2019s List, which endorses and finances Democratic female candidates who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}