One of the senate races that has been billed as a potential Democrat pickup is Arizona. The "moderate" Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has at times led her Republican opponent Martha McSally for the seat being vacated with the departure of Jeff Flake. That race moved towards a McSally lead after the Kavanaugh hearings, but in the last few days it has broken wide open.
First, a video surfaced of Sinema telling a crowd in Texas a few years ago that people in Arizona are "crazy" and that Texans needed to work hard to avoid turning into Arizona. She called her state the "meth lab of democracy". She also repeatedly denounced the views of the Arizona public as insane. Needless to say, it is unlikely that this will go over too well in Arizona. Most people don't like the idea that their senator thinks they are crazy. There haven't been any polls yet which indicate the impact, but we will soon see how this plays out. You can be sure, however, that the GOP will not let this video escape the attention of the average Arizona voter.
Now, CNN of all places has broken a story about other past "exploits" of Sinema. There's an audio tape of her telling a guy on the radio that she thinks it's fine if he wants to go join the Taliban in Afghanistan. Remember, American troops are fighting the Taliban in the war in Afghanistan, but Sinema thinks it's ok for someone to go join the Taliban cause. Really? The same CNN report also points out other instances in which Sinema took extreme left wing positions.
Put all this together and it destroys the posture that Sinema has tried to adopt in the senate race. Sinema portrays herself as a moderate Democrat. Now, she is exposed in some rather harsh light as a far left activist and not a moderate at all. Arizona voters are presented with a choice of McSally who is a veteran who fought for America in recent years and Sinema who is fine with people going to join the fight against America's forces by joint the Taliban. I doubt that would be a winner for Sinema in any state, but it should be the death knell for her campaign in Arizona. It's not often that one gets to see a candidate implode like this so close to an election.
First, a video surfaced of Sinema telling a crowd in Texas a few years ago that people in Arizona are "crazy" and that Texans needed to work hard to avoid turning into Arizona. She called her state the "meth lab of democracy". She also repeatedly denounced the views of the Arizona public as insane. Needless to say, it is unlikely that this will go over too well in Arizona. Most people don't like the idea that their senator thinks they are crazy. There haven't been any polls yet which indicate the impact, but we will soon see how this plays out. You can be sure, however, that the GOP will not let this video escape the attention of the average Arizona voter.
Now, CNN of all places has broken a story about other past "exploits" of Sinema. There's an audio tape of her telling a guy on the radio that she thinks it's fine if he wants to go join the Taliban in Afghanistan. Remember, American troops are fighting the Taliban in the war in Afghanistan, but Sinema thinks it's ok for someone to go join the Taliban cause. Really? The same CNN report also points out other instances in which Sinema took extreme left wing positions.
Put all this together and it destroys the posture that Sinema has tried to adopt in the senate race. Sinema portrays herself as a moderate Democrat. Now, she is exposed in some rather harsh light as a far left activist and not a moderate at all. Arizona voters are presented with a choice of McSally who is a veteran who fought for America in recent years and Sinema who is fine with people going to join the fight against America's forces by joint the Taliban. I doubt that would be a winner for Sinema in any state, but it should be the death knell for her campaign in Arizona. It's not often that one gets to see a candidate implode like this so close to an election.
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