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Kyrsten Sinema doesn't care one bit if she wins re-election, according to a new book.

"I can go on any board I want to. I can be a college president. I can do anything," she said.

Sinema told Romney said she saved the filibuster and the Senate and that's "good enough for me."

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[–] hogunner@lemmy.world 169 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Getting real “I am the main character” vibes from this wretch.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we can't handle her at her worst, we don't deserve her at her best

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if we can't handle her at her best?

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Then we deserve her at her worst?

[–] potterpockets@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

That’s a weird way to spell “conceited cunt.”

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Yeah for sure. Thinks she is better than everyone for no reason.

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 117 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

doesn't care one bit if she wins re-election

= Fuck you

"I can go on any board I want to."

= I got mine

What a lovely sentiment from a public servant.

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Ahh the conservative mantra.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just like DeSantis post-2025, I'll boycott and badmouth any company that hires her stupid ass.

Odds are you already are.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This asshole cares more about her post-Senate media career than doing the right thing by her constituents.

Everyone saw her cute little thumbs-down to paying people a living wage; she shouldn't earn one either. Unfortunately the corporate media loves "moderates" like Sinema, so I guarantee she'll get a cozy gig from MSNBC or FOX.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She then ran up begging for Mitch McConnell's attention and he ignored her till she slinked away.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be fair, he could have just been having one of his quiet moments to himself.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

As you age, the WiFi becomes less effective, leading to more moments of buffering.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 year ago

McConnell was rebooting.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 year ago

What a smug asshole. Saved the Senate...wtf?

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's nice that she is making the cash grab obvious.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the interests fairness sinema wasn't directly quoted saying this. From the article:

According to reporter McKay Coppins's new book, "Romney: A Reckoning," Sinema once told Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah that she could "do anything" once she's out of office and feels that what she's done in the Senate is "good enough."

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

So the "quote" in the title isn't even hers, but a paraphrasing in first person? That's grade A bullshit.

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an Arizonan it is my life's mission to make sure she loses.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget to trash her post career too.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unfortunately, she's got a point. Her owners paid for the service and they'll leave the money on the nightstand.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 50 points 1 year ago

Doesn't surprise me that she's a deluded narcissist.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

funny when terrible people put it in writing themselves. it would be more funny if she didnt fuck over a ton of people in the process

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

To be e fair. This is from a book about mitt Romney. She wasn't being quoted directly.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (21 children)
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[–] TomMasz@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It's narcissistic and douchey. But it's unfortunately not delusion. It's hard to deny she had an impact. She wreaked havoc in the Senate. And now she has a golden ticket to go on to sit on boards, be ceo of something, or just be a public speaker and get paid shit tonnes of money. The system is set up for Senators

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If this is accurately reported then it definitely shows her priorities. I'm not going to lie I'm nervous that a threeway Arizona Senate race is going to make Keri lake a senator. We'll see when the race heats up.

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[–] rivermonster@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any MAGA affiliated board needs to have its whole organization declared a terrorist group and denied access to US and world banking systems. Those are the only ones that support her as she's been on the payroll from the getgo.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saved the senate? For who?

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Her and manchin publicly argue that getting rid of the filibuster would allow republicans to gut the social safety net when/if they take control of government. I think that's a bad argument though because there's always another election and if Republicans did do that then votes could put Democrats back in power to restore and/or improve everything.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess we could flip flop on stuff like that but the folks screwed over during the interim are going to have a really bad time.

Of course that's also assuming some Democrats aren't convinced (💰) to go along and we never get these program back. And if we do then we lose them again when the Republicans manage to up their voter suppression & gerrymandering game.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

if Republicans did do that then votes could put Democrats back in power to restore and/or improve everything.

Except it takes a lot more time, effort and money to rebuild something than it does to destroy it.

As the Bigen administration is currently experiencing.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So she connived her way into power purely for the clout and opportunities it would give her, I guess that's pretty par for the course.

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[–] books@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The last part of that sentence is unfortunately true.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I bet she doesn't. What a greedy dickhead.

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds pretty arrogant.

[–] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought we had "revolving door" policies at the federal level. Maybe that's something we need to have, like a lot of other things.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My understanding is that they're are no limitations on members of Congress after they leave office. Trump did put a ban on people on his administration becoming lobbyists, I think it was a five year ban, but he rescinded it towards the end of his term.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty sad that my state ethics process is stricter than the federal government's.

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