Sen. Sinema forgets she’s now an Independent, secures large, early dem war chest

Proving democrats rarely change their stripes, The Washington Examiner headlines its report “Kyrsten Sinema pulls $1M through Democratic software behemoth ActBlue despite party switch.”Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who claimed to have left the democrat party in December 2022, when she registered as an “independent,” has hauled in approximately $1.3 million in combined campaign and political action committee donations during the first quarter of 2023 through ActBlue, the radically leftwing democrat fundraising political action group.

Sinema began her political career as a Green Party candidate, a fact she now obscures. For a memory jogger, read “Kyrsten Sinema’s devious metamorphosis,” which we posted in 2018. Nothing has changed except the recently honed, superficial facade.

Regardless of their campaign-related moderate portrayals of themselves, both Sinema and Ruben Gallegos are committed leftist democrats running for the U.S. Senate. Gallegos, proving he is on top of current issues relating to Arizonans, keeps an outdated webpage devoted to COVID-19 Resources.

As democrats, they are both united in their support of barely cognizant Joe Biden, who at age 80 claims he is running for reelection to another four-year term in November 2024.

In order for Republicans to have a solid chance at an upset of the status quo, we need to align behind a single candidate with a winning message and viable chance of winning. Defusing our votes and donations sets us up for loss. The most recent senate race had five GOP primary candidates. Blake Masters, who seemed to forget Arizona’s large retirement population as he focused on abortion instead of the border and the economy, lost to incumbent democrat Mark Kelly, a Second Amendment restrictionist.

Egos need to be set aside as first-time candidates acknowledge the hard fact that a desire to be a U.S. Senator doesn’t always translate into votes. Races at this level are expensive. Open Secrets headlines its recent report, Kyrsten Sinema’s campaign rakes in money from Wall Street, big banks and prominent Republicans. On the surface, this makes no sense. But politics is like an onion, with seemingly endless layers to peel.