https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1484649194778472454
Didn't you claim to be a republican?
I don't understand.
Simena is a centrist Dem, she doesn't claim to believe in any Republican or small c conservative ideals. You're sending money to a person that doesn't hold your positions. If she does, can you tell me what interests you?
I think this completely typifies the difference in mindset we have. For you it's about party lines. I don't even fully agree with everything on the Republican platform. Up until now I was Independent. For Democrats and liberals, things are mostly about purity tests and think you have to fully agree with someone to support them. Sinema has walked a narrow line with the party for a while and the only reason she was elected was because she went D when realistically, she should probably be I. For Democrats, they think the "other side" is evil. Me, I just think liberals are wrong. However, Sinema has shown gumption to stick to her ideals and isn't about toppling well placed structures or reforming things just to get her way. She has principles. She doesn't skirt her party byline for sake of party. This must be rewarded as it is rare in a politician. As an Independent (although now Republican) I really support that. You have made a grave mistake in projecting your own vote habits on to me. I will gladly vote for or support a Democrat if I like them even if we don't agree on everything.
Colorado's governor is a Democrat and I'd gladly vote for him if I had the opportunity.
The fact she's a centrist Dem is precisely why I'm supporting her. She's not a hard L "liberal" either. Do you support her? She's closer to me than you.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kyrsten_sinema/412509
Himu, I'm saying this because you said you were a republican before, and an independent now.
You're supporting a person who takes large corporate donations and doesn't represent her constitutes (Arizonians in general), or her actual Dem base (labor unions, activists, Hispanic groups, etc.), she's a no vote on lower drug prices, expanding Medicare, $15 minimum wage, a tax increase on wealthier individuals. She's at best an obstructionist to what actually makes Congress work at the moment because she won't say what will win her vote, but she'll vote against thing that are popular. It'll be one thing if the strategy is actually working, but just look at her poll numbers, it's objectively worse than Mark Kelly, and he's no leftist either. And Simena is to the right of Kelley.
I'll be frank, what are you actually for and why are you donating to a person who is one of the people you claim to detest (the Dem establishment, which she's a part of, btw. Look at her donor base, it's the same as the Dem leadership and other members of congress that you would think sucks hard)?
If it's just to own the libs, then to be frank, there's candidates for you. You can do better than Simena.
The fact she's a centrist Dem is precisely why I'm supporting her. She's not a hard L "liberal" either. Do you support her? She's closer to me than you.
Of course not, we talked about this, you should know my politics by now. I hate my own senators, and Simena is somehow to the right of Dianne Finestein and Alex Padilla.
