Democrats Won't Back Their Own Candidate Because They Fear Kyrsten Sinema

Democrats are so terrified about angering Senator Kyrsten Sinema that they aren't even backing their Party's own candidate to take her seat. According to a new report, Democrats don't want to anger the Senator while she remains a crucial vote in the Chamber, but that means that Ruben Gallego is not getting the financial support that he needs to be able to win the election next year. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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According to a new report, the National Democratic Party and democratic donors are actually terrified to step into the Arizona Senate race for next year because they don't want to off independent, former Democratic Senator Kirsten Cinema new report from the Daily Beast says that Reuben Gallego, who is now the Democrat running for that Senate seat, is basically being forced to go it alone, being starved of resources by the National Democratic Party because they don't want to come out and openly support the Democrat, the guy running with their party, because they don't wanna off Kirsten Sinema because she's still very influential in the Senate and we need that vote so desperately. And she may run as an independent next year. She may not run, but until then, obviously we still need her vote. 'cause we have such a razor thin margin in the Senate. So we're just gonna handicap our own guys' campaign by not giving them the money they deserve, the support they deserve.

We're not gonna do any of that because you know, Kirsten and Sinema, we don't wanna her off. Here's the way I see this. This is like a bad breakup, right? Where the woman, Kirsten Sinema tells the dude, the D n c, we're done. It's over between us. I'm moving on. This relationship does not work. Which is exactly what Kirsten Sinema did when she rejected the Democratic Party and became an an independent, she broke up with the Democratic Party. But the Democratic Party has a new partner out there in Arizona. That partner is Ruben Gallego. Ruben Gallego says, listen, I would take care of you. I I actually like you. You know I've had a crush on you. But the D n C says, nah, I, I don't know if I'm ready to move on because what if, what if my ex comes back to me?

I'm still in love with her. I don't wanna her off by moving on, even though she's already moved on. She's got new friends, she's hanging out with a new crowd. She doesn't want you anymore D N C, but you've got somebody that does. You've got somebody that needs you and you've got somebody that you need. Ruben Gallego is the new person. It doesn't matter that Kirsten Sinema is still a crucial vote in the Senate. She screwed us over too many times in the Senate to hell with her. Don't worry about her off, intentionally her off. Like that's what you ought to do. Yeah. Oh, maybe it's gonna backfire a couple times. Maybe she'll not vote with us on things she was already not gonna vote with us on. Oh, well let her take that fall. Let

Her be the reason that people are denied good things in this country. And then see how that plays out in the Arizona race where she gets squashed. I don't know. Maybe try something other than tucking your head down and saying, oh, I'm so scared. 'cause that's all the Democratic party knows how to do. Stand up for yourself for once. She's your ex, she's not coming back. It's time to move on.