Rep. Katie Porter: "Until Senator Sinema stops being cute and starts doing her job,..."

[demmiblue]

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[demmiblue]

1. A couple more, just 'cause:

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She's so good!

[Lucinda]

2. Love her!

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. I hope she's the next "Madam Speaker." n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

52. I think she is presidential material.

[Rorey]

5. Katie Porter is such a huge asset to the Democratic Party

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And to the United States of America!

[Historic NY]

11. Sinema an ass et alright

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tries to act like some school girl.

[niyad]

13. You do realize that the poster to whom you responded was referring to Rep. Porter?

[Celerity]

23. +1

[AllyCat]

34. It's a play on the word "asset".

I didn't get it at first either.

[niyad]

43. I got the play on words. But before the edit, it appeared to be meant about Rep. Porter.

[AllyCat]

58. Missed the edit.

Peace!

[Texin]

15. Sinema's not "acting" at anything. She's BEING a mean girl middle-schooer.

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Too cute by half.

[sarchasm]

24. What part of, "I wasn't elected just to represent one kind of industry, or one kind of worker, ...

...I was elected to create a strong, and stable, and globally competitive economy."

is "...being a mean girl middle-schooer. (sp)" or "Too cute by half." ?

... on the other hand I give you the Sinema Curtsy.

[Texin]

29. Sinema is not negotiating in good faith, nor is she saying what she wants.

That's what is so frustrating to her colleagues. No one can negotiate or even work with another person when they tell you that they won't cooperate or come to some mutual accommodation if they won't tell you why and what it is they want. She's simply a refusenik.

[gldstwmn]

64. How about when she was asked where she stands

And she responded "in front of the elevator." That's too cute by half.

[MontanaMama]

25. Rep Porter?

Check your comments please and thank you. Rep Porter is anything but a mean middle schooler. Good grief.

[Texin]

27. I wasn't talking about Katie Porter! She's absolutely a star in Congress!

[sarchasm]

31. Thanks for clarifying Texin!

On retrospect, I did wonder if there was a typo there ...

[niyad]

33. Thank you for the correction.

[Takket]

20. Happy to say my rep Haley Stevens from Michigan

Has been spearheading the call for childcare funding. A lot of women left the workforce in the pandemic because they had nowhere to leave their kid and/or their job was lousy anyway.

[PatrickforB]

22. What I love about Katie is that she talks GOOD policy.

I am so happy she is in Congress.

[calimary]

46. Thank you, Rep. Porter!

May you continue in a position of power and influence. YOURS is a voice we need to hear more often. MUCH more often.

[vanlassie]

3. She's a National Treasure.

Send her money.

[mitch96]

4. If her and Manchin don't want to give a good answer to the question... My old standby is

FOLLOW THE MONEY!! Who is getting a behind the scenes kickback? Who got a new car/condo/airplane? Ymmv.
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[greymattermom]

9. Easier still,

buy Sinema. She's for sale and probably cheaper than Manchin.

[lagomorph777]

16. That's what I think. Make it a bundle - buy both of them.

Clearly they are for sale.

[mitch96]

36. "they are for sale.".. Where is Bloomberg when you need him.... nt

[lagomorph777]

37. Hah! Yes!

[LiberalLovinLug]

56. GoFundMe?

Not to fund a challenger, but open bribe money. Maybe that would be quicker.

[lagomorph777]

57. Bribe the bribers. Fund fossil companies to convert to renewables. Fund Pharma to sell cheaper?

Put earmarks in the bill, that would benefit the corporate donors, and benefit the public.

For example, a subsidy for a coal company to build wind farms on the mountaintops that it has flattened with mining.

[dflprincess]

63. Maybe we could start a fundraiser on DU

and get BOGO for them.

[blm]

26. ✔️

[samnsara]

6. MEOW! I can see her in higher places for sure....

[LakeArenal]

42. Meow???? What is that? Are you calling this a cat fight?

Because it’s two women Senators engaging in a historic political contest.

[niyad]

44. Thank you for calling out the sexist "meow". Rep. Porter has every right to call out Sen.

Sinema's harmful behaviour without that kind of dismissive bs.

[LakeArenal]

50. No kidding.

[dalton99a]

8. We are being held hostage by a couple of corrupt narcissists who don't give a shit.

[Celerity]

10. Coal and Curtsy Ltd

[I_UndergroundPanther]

62. exactly

[Magoo48]

12. She's our rep and we are so proud of her.

Go Katie!

[FSogol]

14. Sadly, she thinks her job is "collect money from lobbyists."

[CrackityJones75]

39. Sadly... That's kind of true.

And thats the fucked up part. That she is so wrong and unfortunately the status of our politics makes her right.

Fuck citizens united.

[Hortensis]

53. Speaking of, where did Sinema's personal wealth come from?

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There's probably a legal explanation, but now that I really don't like her I'm interested.

The 2018 figure is supported by this Roll Call article. Sinema's net worth as recently as 2018 was actually a negative figure because of her student loan debt.

https://www.rollcall.com/2018/11/02/arizonas-next-senator-wont-be-wealthy-whomever-voters-choose/

As for the most recent filing, she'd reportedly written books some time ago. I found one on Amazon, released in 2009, long before her 2018 filing. Aside from that, she started as a social worker and for most of her adult life her work, including returning to school to get her JD, should have pretty much precluded real wealth accumulation. Including her years in elective office.

[IronLionZion]

17. Sinema is unprofessional and not very cute

She claims her personal hero is John McCain but she is no John McCain. She's easily bought by wealthy donors.

[calimary]

48. John McCain would have had a few things to say about her.

He’d be a gentleman but he’d also be on point.

[ck4829]

18. K&R

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Continue to call her out.

Make her look foolish. Most people I know that relied on this method, diffusing situations with humor, eventually burned out their leverage.

[JohnSJ]

28. I am sure that will convince Sinema

[Steelrolled]

30. Yeah, naming calling seems to work so well lol.

[JohnSJ]

35. Exactly

[MrsCoffee]

40. Yeah, getting called cute has just got to be the worst.

Much worse than holding a president's agenda hostage, that's for sure.

[SunImp]

59. 1+

A person like this doesn't deserve respect

[onecaliberal]

60. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[BlancheSplanchnik]

67. Exactly.

She is repugnant.

[budkin]

54. Nothing else will, so why not go for it?

Sick of her.

[hamsterjill]

32. Katie Porter is the most "real" politician there is.

She gets it, and she tells it like it is. Love her and wish we had more like her

[CrackityJones75]

38. The idea of the senate is an absolute failure

The idea that the country can be held hostage by someone from another state is fucked up.

I don’t have a better system at my fingertips but I am tired of not having any recourse with a rogue senator from another state fucking up national politics. The only thing I can do is fundraise and make phone calls for challengers. And I do engage in that but I am tired of watching this shit play out time and time again. I do believe good governance comes from healthy debate and that government shouldn’t move at lightning speed but these people are not acting in good faith on the behalf of the people. They often times are not even acting on the behalf of their own constituents. The propaganda in this country all but ensures that people are going to vote for whoever hare the preferred party designation in front of their name. That coupled with citizens united has all but fucked our politics but ESPECIALLY the senate.

Damn I am just so fed up.

[3catwoman3]

41. She is the only one who thinks she's cute.

She’s not. She’s an airhead.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuge disappointment.

[cstanleytech]

45. Sinema and Manchin are proving to be more of a hindrance than

a help for the Democrats and our country.

[leftstreet]

47. DURec

[oldsoftie]

49. I remember when she won that seat everyone swooned.

[Hortensis]

55. :) Not me. I'm too old to believe what pols say about themselves.

Instead, I read about her history, which raised too many questions and doubts for comfort. A candidate for U.S. senate, also! God! I didn't think they'd play out in this degree of blatant betrayal, though.

[Calista241]

51. Not sure i'd resort to insulting someone who's proven they can and will obstruct your legislation.

In my mind, she's proven she wants to vote no, just hasn't made up her mind yet. Just giving her added incentive to solidify her opposition at that point.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

61. Democrats dunking on each other is not helpful in the least.

It's satisfying in the short term, but it's not helpful in actually getting things done. I really like Rep. Porter, but I have to ask if she thinks talking like this is going to help her cause.

[czarjak]

65. Sinema enemas shouldn't be allowed.

[Rhiannon12866]

66. Complete interview:

Rep. Katie Porter: 'We Have To Deliver The Entirety Of The President's Agenda' - The Last Word - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017684361

[UCmeNdc]

68. K&R