{"id":1232163,"date":"2022-01-22T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1232163"},"modified":"2022-01-22T18:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:39:23","slug":"sinema-censured-by-az-dem-party-for-defending-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-censured-by-az-dem-party-for-defending-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinema Censured By AZ Dem Party For Defending 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\">18<\/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%2Fsinema-censured-by-az-dem-party-for-defending-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=1232163&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--><p>On Saturday, the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee voted to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) following her defense of the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement regarding the censure, state party chair Raquel Ter\u00e1n condemned Sinema. \u201cI want to be clear, the Arizona Democratic Party is a diverse coalition with plenty of room for policy disagreements,\u201d Ter\u00e1n said before stating that voting rights are more important than the \u201carchaic\u201d filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Ter\u00e1n continued, making claims about the state of Arizona\u2019s alleged voting restrictions, and adding that 19 states have passed voting laws disapproved of by many on the Left.<\/p>\n<p>She continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>As a party, our job is to support our Democratic candidates, and we appreciate Senator Sinema\u2019s leadership in passing the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. However, we are also here to advocate for our constituents and the ramifications of failing to pass federal legislation that protects their right to vote are too large and far-reaching. While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADP Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaquelTeran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RaquelTeran<\/a> released the following statement after today\u2019s Executive Board vote to censure Sen. Sinema: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bah9XJUgN\">pic.twitter.com\/1bah9XJUgN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Democratic Party (@azdemparty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azdemparty\/status\/1484949959128412161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinema has not responded to the censure as of publication of this article.<\/p>\n<p>On January 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrsten-sinema-will-not-support-changing-the-filibuster-much-to-democrats-dismay\">Sinema<\/a> gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinema.senate.gov\/senate-floor-remarks-voting-rights-americas-divisions-and-us-senate\">speech<\/a> on the floor of the Senate expressing her position on the filibuster, effectively killing any chance that the Democratic Party\u2019s voting bills would pass.<\/p>\n<p>After castigating the laws in various states that she claims would \u201cmake it more difficult for Americans to vote,\u201d and voicing her support for the two Democratic voting bills \u2014 the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act \u2014 Sinema said that she would \u201cnot support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need for me to restate my long-standing support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation,\u201d Sinema said. \u201cThere\u2019s no need for me to restate its role protecting our country from wild reversals in federal policy. It is a view I have held during my years serving in both the U.S. House and the Senate, and it is the view I continue to hold. It is the belief that I have shared many times in public settings and in private settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinema continued, noting that the 60-vote filibuster threshold can be \u201cmaddening,\u201d but that it serves as a \u201cguardrail\u201d that \u201censures that millions of Americans represented by the minority party have a voice in the process\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After calling on Republicans to \u201cprotect access to voting,\u201d Sinema reiterated her longstanding position on our republic: \u201cThe dangers facing our democracy took years to metastasize. And they will take years of sustained, focused effort to effectively reverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrsten-sinema-will-not-support-changing-the-filibuster-much-to-democrats-dismay\">Kyrsten Sinema Will Not Support Changing The Filibuster, Much To Democrats\u2019&nbsp;Dismay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee voted to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) following her defense of the Senate filibuster. In a statement regarding the censure, state party chair Raquel Ter\u00e1n condemned Sinema. \u201cI want to be clear, the Arizona Democratic Party is a diverse coalition with plenty of room for policy disagreements,\u201d &#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-1232163","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\/1232163","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=1232163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232163\/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=1232163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}