Newly released 2021 financial disclosures show something that, really, we should have expected: Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is raking in cash from Republican donors, including at least one who’s also been propping up fellow obstructionist Sen. Joe Manchin.
According to new FEC filings, Sinema brought in $1.6 million in Q4, only $33,983 of which was unitemized, which designates donations of less than $200 (i.e., ones from ordinary people).
Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times pointed out on Twitter that a lot of this big-money donor action comes from some familiar names: Harlan Crow, a massive GOP donor the Texas Tribune called “one of the biggest whales in the country”; Ken Langone, another massive GOP donor who felt “betrayed” by Trump and switched to Biden; Nelson Peltz, the aforementioned Manchin confidante; and Miguel B. “Mike” Fernandez, a Florida health care billionaire who threw his fortune behind Hillary in 2016 after Jeb Bush fizzled out.
Goldmacher noted that Sinema actually had to refund Crow’s money because he tried to give her too much of it.
Sinema drew money from additional Republican megadonors like financier George Roberts, groups like the American Petroleum Institute, and companies like Fox News, whose political action committee, Fox Corp. PAC, gave her $5,000. Manchin has also received money from Fox Corp. PAC.
You can draw your own conclusions as to what these donors think they’ll get out of Sinema. It’s a foregone one that whatever challenge progressive Democrats manage to mount against her, Sinema is going to be insulated from any consequences of her time in the Senate even if she does get voted out of office.
Based on her campaign coffers this early in the election cycle (she’s not up until 2024!), it looks like she’ll have a hefty war chest to take on potential primary challenges like Rep. Ruben Gallego if they come knocking.
Thus far, it’s been incredibly easy to track the long line of special interest groups backing Sinema: She’s voted in their interests as often as she can. Sinema previously raked in cash from Big Pharma groups, and then went on to be the industry’s leading proponent in their fight against prescription drug pricing reform.
Langone, best known for pulling together financiers to found Home Depot, raises the humorous dilemma of the man behind a home improvement empire funding one of the biggest spoilers of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. There certainly isn’t a lot of building of any kind going on with Sinema in the Senate.
In essence, Sinema is the purest example of a safe representative for America’s cautious corporate interests. While Trump’s brand of fiery fascist-populism may be a bit too volatile, the country’s corporate elite have not-so-quietly thrown their lot behind politicians they know will keep any of Biden’s scant progressive inclinations at bay while providing them with the stability to retain control over the country.
The worst that happens is that Biden loses, or one of their hand-picked mouthpieces gets booted out of the Senate. As all these names have shown time and time again, there will always be another ambitious politician looking for a handout.
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Original Article: Kyrsten Sinema Raising Money From GOP Donors: Financial Disclosures – Rolling Stone
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So what’s the answer???
Convention of States….. that’s the only answer we have.
Trump isn’t too volatile and whoever wrote this crap clearly doesn’t like Trump. This site I think in general has a problem with Trump. I think you might want to remember those (and there are many) who voted for Trump far outnumber those that supposedly cast their vote for that demented old criminal Biden.
I am an independent, non-partisan voter. Facts: 1) Trump is a very volatile person as well as a narcissist. 2) More people did vote for Biden and all vote challenges in AZ, PA and other states actually revealed that Trump got votes he should not have gotten. 3) You are drinking the GOP Koolaide and believing the lie.
You seem hardly like a independent but I guess I wouldn’t admit to being a liberal either. Trump should be President now but liberals cheat it’s how they all live their lives. You have no idea he hat you’re talking about as usual. Wisconsin and Arizona are both working on the fraud. Arizona says they have already ground 27,000 fake ballots since democrats were too stupid to know they have security built into the paper. Biden is a loser only a moron like you would vote for him. 80 million people didn’t vote for a demented old man and a nasty old w hore! Also all of the states you listed are still actively looking into all the fraud, might want to watch something other than CNN. Trump’s support is even more than before and that’s what gets to people like you!
Ask yourself these questions: During the 2020 campaignm Biden told supporters that he didn’t their vote to win, and another time, stated that he and Obama had the greatest election fraud system in America. Just what do you think he was telling Americans! There’s too much proof that there were too many fraudulent votes from dead people, those who moved. Plus, some places had many more votes than there are people living there. There are numerous videos of people bringing in ballots during early morning hours, people being told it’s over for the day and then pulling out suitcases from under tables, many people willing to make accusations about seeing voter fraud (if caught lying, they’d be guilty of perjury). There were too many discrepancies in this election. So, who is drinking the koolaide? I don’t believe it’s the conservatives. You must stop listening to your fake news stations and do your own research about everything that’s going on then and today. I challenge you to do research outside of your comfort zone.
you mean they cheated Trump out of his right to be President and elected a complete idiot as a complete DICTATOR.
Whether Kyrsten Sinema receives money from large donors or not, this has yet to be proven, but the fact that Biden, Pelosi, Schumer and other plutocrats receive bribes from unfriendly China has already been confirmed.