Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tore into Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) for threatening to block major infrastructure legislation unless the House passes her severely watered-down version first.
Once a progressive Democrat who was elected to office because of her stance on childcare, raising the minimum wage, and healthcare, Sinema has since become a Republican puppet who cares more about her corporate donors than she does about her constituents.
To that end, she literally worked with Republicans, who have made it no secret that they are trying to sabotage President Joe Biden and the Democratic legislative agenda, to craft a weak infrastructure bill under the guise of “bipartisanship” rather than help her own party pass an infrastructure bill of substance. In a deal made with the White House, Sinema had agreed that both versions would be voted on together. But now Sinema is demanding passage of her bill or she will move to block the other.
Her attempt to hold the nation hostage to get her way did not impress AOC, who ripped her a new one for acting like an entitled Karen.
Changing the terms of a deal after it’s done is what one does when trying to tank millions of people’s chances at healthcare, childcare, climate protection, & unions but hope press and public aren’t paying attn so they can evade responsibility and blame others. Don’t fall for it! https://t.co/TA8oBQI468
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 20, 2021
It was carefully negotiated over months that the only chance the bipartisan bill (BIF) has at passage is if it is voted alongside the Build Back Better Act.
That is bc while BIF has some ok things, it also has a lot of bad things, & Build Back will die if BIF gets passed alone.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 20, 2021
None of this is new. Deal was struck months ago w/House, Sen, WH. It’s how BIF was possible in the 1st place.
If one member’s irrational demand tanks infrastructure, healthcare, & climate for the whole country then maybe that’s the real entitlement reform we should be looking at
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 20, 2021
Sinema is no longer fit to serve her state in the Senate. She is standing in the way of legislation that would help the very people who voted for her. She’s a waste of space in Congress and in the Democratic Party. It’s because of “Democrats” like her that nothing good gets done for this country.
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