“What I really appreciate about JD is that it doesn't bother him that we don't agree on everything.”
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Sinema: Eliminating the filibuster would dangerously destabilize the Senate
“I think it's very dangerous to eliminate the filibuster. The filibuster is like a control mechanism that keeps the Senate from ricocheting back and forth between the wild edges of the political pressure from either party.”
Schumer pressured Sinema to vote no on her first Israel bill
“My first vote in the United States Senate was a vote on the issue of Israel, and I got a call from, at the time, minority leader, Chuck Schumer, and he asked me to vote no. On, on the measure.”
Sinema: Politicians conform to party lines to belong, not from coercion
“Most people want to do the party line thing. It's not like they're sitting around going like, oh, I really don't want to vote this way, but I really feel like I have to save my career. There's this thing about being part of the club. People want to be part of …”
Sinema: Political parties with total control always overreach and trigger corrections
“When one party has total control, they overuse it. That is what happens, because when a party gets power, they think they're gonna have it forever, they overreach, and then the system corrects”
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