Progressives crank up filibuster pressure on Sinema with million-dollar ad buy in Arizona

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A progressive group is launching a seven-figure ad campaign aiming to pressure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., to support abolition of the filibuster.

The group, Just Democracy, is spending $1.2 million for TV ads and another $200,000 on digital ads in Arizona from June 21 to June 30, said a spokesman for the group, adding the effort will feature two ads on cable news programs, local news and local sports in the state., a narrator says: "Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema is failing us," with footage of her flashing a thumbs-down in March on raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour and standing next to Sen.

, which would require the support of all 50 senators in the Democratic caucus. Sinema, along with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been a vocal proponent of preserving the 60-vote rule. Sinema is not up for re-election until 2024, but the ad campaign highlights growing tension between her and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

 

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Something needs to be done because dems and repubs cant agree on anything. If people vote dems for a majority they need to be able to pass Bill's and vice versa. Children games need to stop

Kyrsten Sinema is a Republican.

Funny how they didn't want it abolished when the Republicans were in charge

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