Maldonado was in college at the time and it became a formative event. In 2012, Maldonado mother, an undocumented immigrant in a state being terrorized by the GOP’s SB 1070 “Show Me Your Papers” law and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, decided to self-deport back to Mexico.
But what makes her right-wing trolling still difficult to accept is how much of a heel turn it represents from the lawmaker who began once presented as a leftist progressive, suggesting that her politics and campaigns are mere kayfabe in a state where the stakes couldn’t be higher.įor Maldonado, the decision to work as an organizer was a deeply personal one. Some level of narcissism is practically de rigueur for any politician, of course, though Sinema’s Joker-esque commitment to sewing chaos and outrage amongst her own voters is unprecedented and borderline sociopathic, especially in an increasingly tribal political system. What Kyrsten Sinema really wants are power and attention. While her efforts to strip the tax increases and most popular social programs out of Democrats’ reconciliation bill are being on behalf of corporate donors, it’s not policy that she ultimately cares about. It all adds up to a pretty clear conclusion: We know exactly what Sinema wants and it has nothing to do with numbers or the structure of a major piece of legislation. Sinema doesn’t play by the rules, these stories warn, which is a gentler way of conveying the message she wore on a ring in a photo posted on Instagram this spring.
The Arizona lawmaker fooled scoop-hungry reporters at Axios into publishing multiple stories last month that extoll her independence, unpredictability, and supposed actuarial mastery in budget negotiations - negotiations that she takes so seriously that she fled them for an expensive lobbyist fundraise at a ritzy hotel in Phoenix this weekend. The question, some version of which is now bluntly posed in headlines almost daily, is actually based on a flawed premise. At least they weren’t alone: A larger contingent of LUCHA members protested in front of the resort for hours, capping a longer day of statewide actions meant to pressure Sinema into dropping her hardball tactics and stonewalling of just about every pressing Democratic priority.ĭemocratic leaders, reporters, pundits, and activists have spent these last nine months asking the same question: What does Sen. They were once again left to shout their pleas into the desert night sky’s infinite emptiness. tP3NnpfLWA- LUCHA Arizona October 3, 2021 She has zero respect for her constituents. Police escorted us out as staff mocked us for demanding that follow through on her promises.
We’ve used all of the strategies to engage with her, and like many of the groups we engage with, we have yet to have a sit down conversation with the senator.” “We have had rallies and actions outside of her office when we know she's here in state during her recess there have been thousands of calls, we have been driven to her office and sent endless amounts of emails and letters. “We have not been able to have a sit down conversation with the senator this entire year,” Stephanie Maldonado, the organizing director for LUCHA, told me earlier in the week. The confrontation ensured that they would once again go home without getting to speak with Sinema, whose decision to continue her wine-soaked evening with millionaires sent a clear message to her one-time supporters. Instead, they were forced to leave by aggressive police and security guards as Sinema’s staff watched and mocked them from afar. Three years after their sprawling grassroots operation helped carry Kyrsten Sinema over the electoral finish line, members of the progressive Hispanic activist group LUCHA stood at the back exit of the Royal Palms Resort in Scottsdale on Saturday night, attempting to score a few moments with the first-term senator as she left a high-dollar fundraiser put on by corporate lobbyists.
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