{"id":2002244,"date":"2023-08-16T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrsten-sinema-blasts-democratic-leadership-over-border-funding\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:30:08","slug":"kyrsten-sinema-blasts-democratic-leadership-over-border-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrsten-sinema-blasts-democratic-leadership-over-border-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrsten Sinema criticizes Dems&#8217; border funding approach."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fkyrsten-sinema-blasts-democratic-leadership-over-border-funding%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=2002244&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--><h2>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Slams Democratic Leadership for Unequal Funding Distribution<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has strongly criticized Democratic leadership for prioritizing funding for\u200c New York over border communities when\u2063 it comes to handling immigrants from the southern border. The issue arose after\u200c a $104.6 million grant \u2063from FEMA was announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2063 (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in June.\u200d Out of the $291 million allocated by FEMA \u2062in\u200b 2023, only a\u200b fraction, approximately $39 million, was directed towards communities\u200c in Arizona. Sinema, a former Democratic senator from Arizona\u200d who is now an independent, emphasized the importance\u200c of understanding \u200cwhy New York received \u2064more funds than her home state.<\/p>\n<h3>Questioning the Allocation Process<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fairly obvious. I don&#8217;t\u200c know if \u2062you noticed, \u2062but the announcement about that $104 million came out first,\u2064 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-judicial-watchs-tom-fitton-slams-dr-faucis-ugly-covid-scandal-that-deserves-skepticism\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Judicial Watch\u2019s Tom Fitton Slams Dr. Fauci\u2019s \u2018Ugly\u2019 COVID \u2018Scandal\u2019 That Deserves \u2018Skepticism\u2019\">joint press release<\/a> from Schumer and Jeffries \u2014 not from the White House or from FEMA. The first news of it\u2062 broke \u2064through their press release,&#8221; Sinema stated, referring to the funding granted to New York. She further questioned how this decision was made, highlighting the \u200black of transparency in the process.<\/p>\n<p>New York has been grappling\u200c with \u200bthe \u2063challenges posed by the influx of immigrants transported to the state from\u200d the southern\u2064 border over the past year. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrsten-sinema-blasts-democratic-leadership-over-border-funding\/\" title=\"Kyrsten Sinema criticizes Dems' border funding approach.\">recently \u200bexpressed concerns<\/a> about the strain on resources in New York, urging the White House to provide assistance. He\u200c warned that the Democrats&#8217;\u2064 failure to address this issue could jeopardize their chances of regaining control of the \u2064House in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing the Imbalance<\/h3>\n<p>Sinema also voiced \u2062her frustration with the\u200b &#8220;lack of understanding&#8221; regarding the experiences\u2062 of border communities and the undervaluation of their efforts. She \u2063emphasized the impact \u2063this has on the entire\u200b system and\u2063 described it as &#8220;very frustrating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White \u200dHouse has recently requested\u200d $600 million in emergency spending to alleviate the strain on \u2062immigrant shelters. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">unequal distribution<\/a>\u2063 of funds remains a\u200c contentious issue.<\/p>\n<p>While Sinema has \u200bnot confirmed her candidacy for \u200creelection to her Senate seat in 2024, she has taken \u2064steps to fundraise for a potential campaign. \u200cIf she decides\u2062 to run, she would likely face a three-way race, given\u200d her departure from \u200bthe Democratic\u200c Party in\u200c December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) criticized Democratic leaders for prioritizing New York&#8217;s funding for managing immigrants from the southern border over providing additional funds to border communities. In June, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced a $104.6 million FEMA grant, out of a total of $291 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2002244","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=2002244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}