{"id":2413418,"date":"2025-03-16T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-points-out-blatant-hypocrisy-from-democrats-on-filibuster-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T20:00:01","slug":"sinema-points-out-blatant-hypocrisy-from-democrats-on-filibuster-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-points-out-blatant-hypocrisy-from-democrats-on-filibuster-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinema points out \u2018blatant hypocrisy\u2019 from Democrats on filibuster &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-points-out-blatant-hypocrisy-from-democrats-on-filibuster-washington-examiner%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=2413418&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sinema points out &lsquo;blatant hypocrisy&rsquo; from Democrats on filibuster<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2040065\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ex-independent Arizona Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kyrsten-sinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kyrsten Sinema\">Kyrsten Sinema<\/a> called out several of her former Democratic colleagues over their apparent changing stances on eliminating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filibuster\">filibuster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, Sinema and then-West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin were the two Democratic senators to prevent the filibuster from being axed, and both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3264037\/kyrsten-sinema-pushes-senate-preserve-filibuster-farewell-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"maintained their support\">maintained their support<\/a> for the Senate tactic for the entirety of their tenure in the upper chamber of Congress. Under Republican control of the Senate, the 60-vote threshold to invoke cloture has remained, and Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3336409\/senate-democrats-rekindle-filibuster-support-under-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"benefited\">benefited<\/a> from the rule now being in the minority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349353\/chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-not-spoken-gop-funding-bill\/\">Schumer says he hasn&rsquo;t spoken with Jeffries since supporting GOP funding bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349307\/chris-murphy-chuck-schumer-senate-democrats-tactics\/\">Chris Murphy backs Schumer but adds party must &lsquo;change our tactics&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3348726\/debt-ceiling-gop-unity-congress\/\">Debt ceiling tears at GOP unity after funding bill victory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sinema went to X on Saturday to call out Democrats and Democrat-aligned commentators over their &ldquo;blatant hypocrisy&rdquo; in previously calling for the elimination of the filibuster but now supporting its usage to block GOP bills.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Change of heart on the filibuster, I see!&rdquo; Sinema said, referring to one of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s (D-NY) posts calling for the tactic&rsquo;s removal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Change of heart on the filibuster, I see! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q13rND50zC\">https:\/\/t.co\/q13rND50zC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvkfVrSwJJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dvkfVrSwJJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyrsten Sinema (@kyrstensinema) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyrstensinema\/status\/1900835811660362044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez responded to Sinema&rsquo;s post, saying she was still against the filibuster and claimed that it had only been used to block Democratic proposals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Still no. In fact, the same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster &lsquo;for when we need it&rsquo; do not, in fact, use it when we need it. It&rsquo;s only used to block Dem policies. Never to block harmful GOP ones. Could have proved us wrong. Instead they proved the point,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema responded by pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> who had campaigned or called on the filibuster to be eliminated voting to filibuster the stopgap funding bill last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>8 who previously voted to eliminate the filibuster (1\/19\/22) did not filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>1 who previously campaigned against the filibuster did not filibuster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BujERDunOR\">https:\/\/t.co\/BujERDunOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyrsten Sinema (@kyrstensinema) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyrstensinema\/status\/1900952771458928846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday. 8 who previously voted to eliminate the filibuster (1\/19\/22) did not filibuster. 1 who previously campaigned against the filibuster did not filibuster,&rdquo; Sinema said.<\/p>\n<p>In subsequent posts, Sinema pointed out multiple times that Democrats filibustered Republican legislation this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senate Dems have used the filibuster 2x in 2025 to stop bills. Perhaps we have a different definition of NEVER. I use the English definition: &lsquo;at no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever,&#8217;&rdquo; the Democrat-turned-independent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyrstensinema\/status\/1901275360052003093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema also called out Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) for his stance on the filibuster, mocking a 2021 call to end the filibuster <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyrstensinema\/status\/1900828335573541081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"with\">with<\/a> &ldquo;&lsquo;stand up for the Constitution and our democracy&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ohlookthefilibuster?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">#ohlookthefilibuster<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna responded by claiming that if senators had eliminated the filibuster to pass a $15 per hour minimum wage, then Democrats would not have lost the 2024 election, a claim Sinema mocked in a subsequent post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Popular take from the Left: If u had eliminated the filibuster &amp; voted for everything that the Left wanted, the threat of the filibuster being used by Rs would never happen bc Ds would win every election &amp; have a permanent majority. What a breathtakingly undemocratic take,&rdquo; Sinema <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyrstensinema\/status\/1900937718684664109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349188\/progressive-group-schumer-step-down-senate-democratic-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"PROGRESSIVE GROUP CALLS FOR SCHUMER TO STEP DOWN AS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER\">PROGRESSIVE GROUP CALLS FOR SCHUMER TO STEP DOWN AS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two continued to go back and forth, with Khanna targeting her previous &ldquo;smug thumbs down that prevented us from raising America&rsquo;s wages&rdquo; and Sinema again suggesting he was being hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, pointing out that you repeatedly demanded that the Senate eliminate the very tool you&rsquo;re now demanding the Senate utilize to stop Trump. Doesn&rsquo;t take a rocket science to see the blatant hypocrisy here,&rdquo; Sinema said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2040065\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2040065\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinema points out \u2018blatant hypocrisy\u2019 from Democrats on filibuster Ex-independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema called out several of her former Democratic colleagues over their apparent changing stances on eliminating the filibuster. In January 2022, Sinema and then-West Virginia Sen. 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