Sinema Says Filibuster Vote Was Her Most Important

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 11:23am

Outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) told Semafor that her opposition to scrapping the filibuster was the “most important vote I’ve ever taken in my life.” She added: “I know some people think I’m, like, this enigma or whatever, but I don’t think that’s true at all,” Sinema said. “I think, maybe, this is a place where sometimes people say things that they don’t mean.

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