The White House said Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party won't change the Biden admin's relationship with her. “We have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her,” said WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
The White House and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday downplayed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party as unlikely to affect their relationships with the Arizona centrist.
“Sen. Sinema has been a key partner on some of the historic legislation President Biden has championed over the last 20 months,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “We have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her.”, Sinema explained that she changed her affiliation because she “never really fit into a box of any political party.
“Sen. Sinema has always had an independent streak,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on CNN. “I don’t believe this is going to shake things up quite like everyone thinks. … Chuck Schumer is still the majority leader, and we will still be able to get a great number of the things done that we want to get done.”
And Friday morning, a PAC that had been organizing as “Primary Sinema” vowed to go after her in the general election instead.
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