{"id":1771634,"date":"2022-12-11T13:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771634"},"modified":"2022-12-11T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T18:33:01","slug":"bernie-says-sinema-sabotaged-biden-agenda-disagrees-with-top-dem-who-says-her-switch-doesnt-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-says-sinema-sabotaged-biden-agenda-disagrees-with-top-dem-who-says-her-switch-doesnt-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Says Sinema \u2018Sabotaged\u2019 Biden Agenda, Disagrees With Top Dem Who Says Her Switch \u2018Doesn\u2019t Matter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fbernie-says-sinema-sabotaged-biden-agenda-disagrees-with-top-dem-who-says-her-switch-doesnt-matter%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=1771634&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>Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and moderate Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) had different reactions to Arizona Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/key-senator-leaves-democratic-party-rejecting-beltway-partisanship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyrsten Sinema<\/a>\u2018s decision to ditch the Democrats and become an independent.<\/p>\n<p>Tester brushed off Sinema\u2019s disaffiliation Sunday on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d saying it does not matter because she will still caucus with Democrats. But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, blasted Sinema as a \u201ccorporate Democrat\u201d who \u201csabotaged\u201d the party\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was surprised that she made the change, but functionally, I don\u2019t think it changes a thing,\u201d Tester said. \u201cI think we\u2019re going to continue doing the same thing we were doing, whether she\u2019s an independent or part of the Democratic caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about keeping relationships in Washington, D.C., if you\u2019re gonna get things done, and I think Kyrsten Sinema knows that,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I think, whether she\u2019s a Democrat or a Republican, that really doesn\u2019t matter. The label doesn\u2019t matter. What matters is, you\u2019ve gotta have somebody in Washington, D.C., that wants to get things done and move things forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) says \u201cfunctionally, I don\u2019t think it changes a thing\u201d that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTester?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorTester<\/a>: \u201cI look forward to working with her as I have in the past.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zpauZoCckS\">pic.twitter.com\/zpauZoCckS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1601979909638967296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appearing on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d Sanders rebuked Sinema for putting her electoral concerns ahead of the party\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Democrats there are not all that enthusiastic about somebody who helped sabotage some of the most important legislation that protects the interests of working families and voting rights and so forth. So, I think it really has to do with her political aspirations for the future in Arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a corporate Democrat who has, in fact, along with [West Virginia Democratic] Senator [Joe] Manchin, sabotaged enormously important legislation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;She&#8217;s a corporate Democrat \u2026 &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacts to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) leaving the Democratic Party and what it could mean for Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNNSotu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNSOTU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNSOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xilfbBfACp\">pic.twitter.com\/xilfbBfACp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1601949000009388032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A top Democratic adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-democratic-advisor-explains-why-sinema-left-party-and-why-it-might-backfire-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained Friday<\/a> that Sinema\u2019s decision likely was prompted by near-universal discontent among Arizona Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen polling (recent polling even),\u201d Tony Cani, former Deputy Director of the 2020 Biden campaign in Arizona, wrote on Twitter. \u201cSinema gets crushed in a primary by any dem. Dissatisfaction w\/ the way she operates is not a left-wing thing. Dems of all ages &#038; ideologies are frustrated with the way she operates, plus the vast majority of Rs will vote for an R nominee. Ds across the spectrum dislike the way Sinema operates so much that she gets no credit for passing widely popular legislation. Her significant legislative wins this session has not improved her standing even a little. Voters have made up their minds about her &#038; have not budged.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and moderate Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) had different reactions to Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema\u2018s decision to ditch the Democrats and become an independent. Tester brushed off Sinema\u2019s disaffiliation Sunday on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d saying it does not matter because she will still caucus with Democrats. But Vermont Senator &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1890714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7861,3815,4720,3620,6202,6244,7863,7118,4219,7027,7862,6195],"class_list":["post-1771634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-sabotaged","tag-agenda","tag-bernie","tag-biden","tag-daily","tag-dem","tag-disagrees","tag-doesnt","tag-matter","tag-sinema","tag-switch","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771634","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\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}