{"id":560187,"date":"2021-06-10T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560187"},"modified":"2021-06-10T21:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:07:18","slug":"arizona-dems-pressure-kyrsten-sinema-to-help-kill-the-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-dems-pressure-kyrsten-sinema-to-help-kill-the-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Dems Pressure Kyrsten Sinema To Help Kill The 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\">20<\/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%2Farizona-dems-pressure-kyrsten-sinema-to-help-kill-the-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=560187&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sinema-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Pressure keeps mounting on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to help kill the filibuster so that President Biden can push his agenda unopposed. After one of her top supporters publicly rebuked her last week, at least three dozen Democrats in Sinema\u2019s state are pleading with her to go along with the party line.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to the senator this week, members of Arizona\u2019s state House and Senate argued that Republicans are enacting voter suppression bill across the nation and tasked Sinema with helping to pass the Democrats\u2019 voting rights bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2020 general election saw record-breaking levels of voter participation across the country,\u201d the letter read, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/arizona-democrats-sinema-for-the-people_n_60c2166ce4b0af343e9ce58e\">HuffPost<\/a>. \u201cBut instead of celebrating this historic achievement, our freedom to vote is being threatened in state legislatures across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group further warned Sinema that current voter legislation being pushed in Arizona \u201cwill disproportionately impact young voters, low-income voters, and voters of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Sinema co-sponsored the voting rights legislation, she has refused to help kill the filibuster, arguing that it \u201cprotects the democracy of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs folks in Arizona know, I\u2019ve long been a supporter of the filibuster because it is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation, rather than allowing our country to ricochet wildly every two to four years back and forth between policies,\u201d Sinema\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrsten-sinema-defends-filibuster-saying-it-protects-the-democracy-of-our-nation\">told reporters<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a system that\u2019s not working effectively, and I would think that most would agree that the Senate\u2019s not a particularly well-oiled machine, right? The way to fix that is to change your behavior, not to eliminate the rules or change the rules, but to change your behavior,\u201d Sinema added.\u00a0\u201cSo I\u2019m going to continue to go to work every day, aggressively seeking bipartisanship in a cheerful and happy warrior way, as I always do, and showing that when we work together, we can get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter went on to remind Sinema that the bill \u2013 the For the People Act \u2013 will die in the U.S. Senate if she continues to let Republicans obstruct the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven Republican obstruction, the bill will die in the U.S. Senate unless members are willing to work outside the box. We call on you to do everything necessary, up to and including reforming the filibuster, to pass the \u2018For the People Act.\u2019 Our democracy is too important to be sacrificed at the altar of archaic and anti-democratic Senate procedures such as the filibuster,\u201d the letter asserted.\u00a0\u201cAs fellow Arizona legislators we are calling upon you with respect and urgency to stand up in this crucial moment for our state and for our country to make the promise of democracy real for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes after former Arizona Attorney General Grant Wood, a major backer of Sinema during her run for U.S. Senate, publicly rebuked the senator in an interview with HuffPost last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that Sen. Sinema and every senator should support ending the filibuster for the voting rights bill,\u201d he said. \u201cTo keep the Jim Crow filibuster while losing some of these basic voting rights that are central to our democracy is preposterous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/major-kyrsten-sinema-supporter-demands-she-help-kill-the-filibuster\">Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Demands She Help Kill The\u00a0Filibuster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrsten-sinema-defends-filibuster-saying-it-protects-the-democracy-of-our-nation\">Kyrsten Sinema Defends Filibuster, Saying It \u2018Protects The Democracy Of Our\u00a0Nation\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>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\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure keeps mounting on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to help kill the filibuster so that President Biden can push his agenda unopposed. 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