Democrat Censured for Voting with Trump 19% of the Time. Bipartisanship Is Dead.

One of the more interesting news items this week was the revelation that Arizona Democrats were considering a censure vote against Senator Kyrsten Sinema for being too pro-Trump.  Apparently, voting against the president 81% of the time constitutes being a raging right-wing reprobate in today's liberal hive mind. It is worth noting that the most anti-Obama senator in his last year in office was Richard Shelby, who voted against President Barack Obama 63.9% of the time.  That made the most anti-Obama senator far friendlier to the Democrat president than a Democrat who is being threatened with censure for her apostasy.  Shelby supported Obama almost 40% of the time.  On average, Senate Republicans opposed Obama's position less than half the time in 2016.  Bipartisanship was very much alive and well. Sinema is not even close to being a moderate, unless you define moderation against how far to the left the Democratic Party has...(Read Full Article)
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