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Thu Dec 19, 2024, 03:52 PM Thursday

She still doesn't get it: Sinema's farewell address doubles as democracy-killing confessional

Source: Tucson Sentinel
By: Blake Morlock Dec. 19, 2024

Arizona's senior senator (D-AZ/I-Wall Street) never understood what the moment required of her, the Senate & other civic institutions.

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ/I-Wall Street) delivered her farewell address on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, proving she doesn't understand the nature of the threat to freedom America faces or the reasons people are so pissed about the state of things.

The woman is just that far removed from the people she serves and that's why I've been on Sinema the last few years. She deserves it. It's easy and, frankly, necessary.

However, I don't just want to attack her because I've got no problem with some of what she said.

Sinema rightly stated that America exists in the push and pull. Yeah. It does. Think about what the Preamble to the Constitution means by promoting the general welfare and securing the blessings of liberty. Those two imperatives are at odds. The government securing the general welfare will cost you a little bit of freedom.

Sinema also correctly points out that the American system is not what you would build to make good things happen. It was established to prevent tyrannical rulers from doing bad things fast.

American democracy requires patience and persistence.


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