'If you are a Democrat and you can't uphold the fundamental right to vote for all citizens... then there's a problem,' says RepRoKhanna.
"If you are a Democrat and you can't uphold the fundamental right to vote for all citizens... then there's a problem," said Rep. Ro Khanna.Citing Kyrsten Sinema's obstruction of her own party's pro-democracy agenda, a pair of progressive U.S. lawmakers said Sunday that they support the Arizona Democratic Party's decision to censure the stymying senator.
"I think what the Arizona state party is saying is that 'Kyrsten Sinema no longer reflects our values.'" Citing her failure to"do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy," the Arizona Democratic Party central committee on Saturdaylast week—along with all Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin —to uphold the filibuster and effectively torpedo her own party's popular voting rights legislation, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act."Look, on the issue of voting rights...
"They are moving in a very, very anti-democratic way, and it was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so we can pass strong voting rights legislation," Sanders added."All Republicans voted against us. Two Democrats voted against us. That was a terrible, terrible vote, and I think what the Arizona Democratic Party did was exactly right."
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