Kyrsten Sinema is the Arizona Democrat whose campaign for the senate is collapsing in front of her eyes. The latest bit of information to come out is that when Sinema was in the Arizona legislature she blocked a change to a law regarding defenses available to men charges with sex with underage prostitutes. Arizona law allowed these men the defense that the child prostitute looked older so that the man didn't know she was underage. Sinema prevented a move to take that defense away.
This means that in the last week, we have learned that Sinema said in a speech a few years ago that Arizona's voters were crazy. She also called the state the "meth lab" of democracy. She also told a guy on the radio that she was fine with him going to fight with the Taliban against American soldiers. And now, she's fine letting men defend against statutory rape charges on the grounds that the woman looked older than she actually was. If all this doesn't end Sinema's chances for victory in the race, then Arizona's voters really would be crazy (and they're not.)
What I really wonder is how Sinema won the primary. Didn't her opponents bother to vet her, or is the Democrat party so far out of the mainstream that these things didn't matter?
This means that in the last week, we have learned that Sinema said in a speech a few years ago that Arizona's voters were crazy. She also called the state the "meth lab" of democracy. She also told a guy on the radio that she was fine with him going to fight with the Taliban against American soldiers. And now, she's fine letting men defend against statutory rape charges on the grounds that the woman looked older than she actually was. If all this doesn't end Sinema's chances for victory in the race, then Arizona's voters really would be crazy (and they're not.)
What I really wonder is how Sinema won the primary. Didn't her opponents bother to vet her, or is the Democrat party so far out of the mainstream that these things didn't matter?
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