Kyrsten Sinema blasted for being “noticeably absent” from Democratic campaign events

A prominent Democrat in Arizona is calling out the state’s senior U.S. senator, out bisexual Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), for not helping Democrats enough this past election cycle and pointing out that she is up for reelection in 2024.

“Senator Sinema was nowhere to be found,” Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) told MSNBC. “At all.”

“We did not see her at one public event for anybody and when we had some of these races that are really in the mix right now, she could have been a very good surrogate to help out a lot of our candidates, and she did nothing. Because she only cares about herself.”

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“She doesn’t care about how this will help us take control of the Senate,” he said, referring to Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) reelection campaign. “She actually predicted that we would lose control of the Senate in front of [Republican Senate leader] Mitch McConnell while she was getting an award from him.”

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“She either needs to get on the team, get involved or try to make some future decisions about what she wants to do with her career.”

Gallego: We fought as a team in Arizona and we won. Senator Sinema was nowhere to be found, at all. We did not see her at one public event for anybody… she did nothing. Because she only cares about herself.. pic.twitter.com/cPE8doyWy9

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 13, 2022

Gallego was even more biting on Twitter. Sinema tweeted last week for everyone to be patient as “the results [are] finalized” and said, “Democracy is always worth the wait.”

“Thanks for all your help this year,” Gallego responded, adding an upside-down smiley face to show that he was being sarcastic.

Thanks for all your help this year.