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Activists plan to confront Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) while she is running the Boston Marathon, according to a report from the Boston Globe.
The Green New Deal Network, a coalition of national organizations, said in a statement on Saturday that activists from Arizona and Massachusetts plan on birddogging Sinema as she runs, over her refusal to back Democrats $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act.
The protesters will be holding signs that read Senator Sinema: Pass the Full Deal, Senator Sinema: Stop Running. Start Listening, and Senator Sinema: Stop Running From Us, according to the Globe.
Sinema, an avid runner, has completed Ironman triathlons and multiple marathons, including the Boston Marathon.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/protesters-plan-on-birddogging-kyrsten-sinema-as-she-runs-boston-marathon/ar-AAPlNC3?ocid=msedgntp
msongs
(67,405 posts)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/sinema-fund-raiser-social-climate-bill.html
underpants
(182,791 posts)Plus its bound to get in the way of other participants. Let he have her run.
MiHale
(9,722 posts)Living in this country is hard enough without her. Plus she is bound to get in the way of other citizens. Let us have our full deal.
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underpants
(182,791 posts)My first marathon was aided by prednisone- my knee was killing me but Id put in too much time to not run. I did a marathon with a stress fracture in my ankle (I like to say a broken leg) that I didnt know about until afterwards. It hurt but I was going to make the run....oh and I blistered up on both feet. Brutal day. Ive seen two guys bleed through their shirt because they didnt protect their nipples. You get to a point that nothing is going to stop you.
She must be pretty fast to get into Boston. Its a very restricted field. Some celebrities have basically paid their way in via charity donations but it sounds like she really ran her way in.
People running into the course just isnt a good idea. Thats my main point.
Woodswalker
(549 posts)eShirl
(18,490 posts)I should hope so
Fiendish Thingy
(15,605 posts)MichMan
(11,917 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,061 posts)These activists are pushing her to flip parties which would flip the Senate.
lame54
(35,287 posts)Run her in to the harbor
a kennedy
(29,658 posts)gulliver
(13,180 posts)Nothing defeats a good argument as much as self-elected mediocrities doing the talking for it.
maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)Teaching a class at ASU, training and running a marathon out-of-state.
I thought Senator was a full-time job.
DFW
(54,370 posts)I would have preferred she run her marathon and nobody even noticed who she was, or that a sitting senator was there. The best scenario would have been having her cross the finish line and see a crowd of people rush toward someone she didn't know, applauding and asking for autographs. When Senator "Cinema" asks who the celebrity is, she should be told it was a volunteer at a local clinic who gave 80 hours a week helping take care of Covid patients.
Maybe something like THAT might give her an idea of what a celebrity really is.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)totally against this idea brought forth by this coalition.
scipan
(2,350 posts)Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)still recovering from an injury.