Leftists lose it when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema ignores one of her 'constituents' harassing her in airport — and speaks to Republican Sen. Tim Scott instead



Leftists appear to be growing increasingly frustrated that harassing Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to get her onboard with President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" spending bill isn't working.

What's the background?

Of course, the nation watched as a left-wing activists followed the Arizona senator into a restroom Oct. 3 and recorded the harassment on video while Sinema was in a stall. Biden brushed off the encounter as something that "happens to everybody." A day later, a leftist confronted Sinema on an airplane — and again, the incident was captured on video. Piling on, left-wing feminist website Jezebel applauded the bullies who went after the female lawmaker.

What happened this time?

In a video posted Monday to Twitter, a woman who claimed she's one of Sinema's constituents confronted the senator in an airport and walked with Sinema, peppering her with questions.

The only words Sinema offered the persistent woman is "please don't touch me" when she got a bit too close.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @Peoples_Watch_

The woman denied touching Sinema and told her, "I know you're meeting with dozens of lobbyists and talking with corporate donors about the package" — presumably meaning Biden's massive spending bill.

"How many times will you meet with constituents?" the woman continued. "How many times have you met with constituents in negotiating bills that are like this?"

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @Peoples_Watch_

Sinema ignored the woman and instead told a man she was walking next to, "Sorry about this" — and that man was none other than Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who seemed quite understanding as he called the harassment "par for the course."

The woman didn't give up: "Why won't you meet with my family who are constituents for you? I can have them meet you next week. Every single year in Arizona it's getting hotter and hotter. We're breaking records. ... People are suffering. Your constituents are suffering. What are you gonna do about climate change?"

As Sinema and Scott ascend an escalator, the woman calls out, "Please answer me, senator. My family, my house! We're from Tucson! We're constituents!"

Once again @kyrstensinema ignores concerned advocate fighting for healthcare for her family in Arizona.… https://t.co/uf42Ah3AKX

— People’s Watch (@Peoples_Watch_) 1635198995.0

How are leftists reacting?

Of course, leftists are angry that Sinema is ignoring their harassment — but the salt got rubbed on the wound when Sinema opted to talk to Scott in the airport instead of the woman badgering her.

To wit:

  • "Sinema cozying up to Republicans while evading her constituents is not attractive," one Twitter user reacted.
  • "She has the whole nerve to apologize to Tim Scott for this interaction, as if her constituent is a pest," another user noted. "As if she has provided any other route for her constituents to be in reciprocal conversation or contact with her. Can't stand her at all. Wish she'd just go away already."
  • "Sinema needs to apologize to a s**t ton of people that she represents, and none of them are named Tim Scott," another user said.
  • "Sinema won't look the woman in the eye, but somehow she is apologizing to Tim Scott," another user observed. "WTF am I looking at?"

Oh, and the woman who was trying to talk to Sinema appears to have identified herself on Twitter as Chloe Stryker; her bio indicates she's with far-left political group MoveOn.org and worked on U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns.

Stryker commented, "Still can't believe she was apologizing to Sen. Tim Scott of all people for my presence in asking her very reasonable questions."

GOP Sen. Sasse excoriates President Trump in call to constituents



Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse unleashed a litany of criticisms against President Donald Trump during a call to constituents earlier this week, saying the commander in chief mistreats women, "kisses dictators' butts" and secretly "mocks evangelicals."

What are the details?

In audio released in an exclusive report by The Washington Examiner, a woman can be heard asking Sasse, "Like a lot of Nebraskans, I'm trying to understand your relationship with the president. Why do you have to criticize him so much?"

Sasse explained that he has built a working relationship with Trump and that "there are definitely places where we agree," but that "there are obviously a lot of places where he and I differ, as well."

"And these aren't just mere policy issues," the senator clarified, saying that he makes no apologies for pushing back against areas where he feels Trump's values "are deficient, not just for a Republican, but for an American."

The Nebraska Republican then began listing examples, saying, "The way he kisses dictators' butts. I mean, the way he ignores that the Uighurs are in literal concentration camps in Xinjiang right now. He hasn't lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong-Kongers."

"The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor," Sasse continued. "The ways I criticize President Obama for that kind of spending; I've criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He's flirted with white supremacists."

Regarding the coronavirus, Sasse said, "In [Trump's] partial defense here, I think that lots of the news media has pretended that COVID is literally the first public health crisis ever. And somehow, it's Donald Trump's fault. That's not true. They just wanted to use it against him."

But he said of the president's handling of the crisis, "The reality is that he careened from curb to curb. First, he ignored COVID. And then he went into full economic shutdown mode. He was the one who said 10 to 14 days of shutdown would fix this. And that was always wrong. I mean, and so I don't think the way he's lead through COVID has been reasonable or responsible, or right."

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James Wegmann, a spokesman for Sasse, confirmed that the senator made the comments earlier this week, telling The Examiner:

"I don't know how many more times we can shout this: Even though the Beltway is obsessing exclusively about the presidential race, control of the Senate is ten times more important. The fragile Senate seats that will determine whether Democrats nuke the Senate are the races Ben cares about, the races he's working on, and the only races he's talking about."

The Washington Post reported on the up-and-down relationship between Sasse and the president, noting that the senator was critical of then-candidate Trump in 2016, but toned down his rhetoric ahead of receiving Trump's endorsement earlier this year amid a primary challenge.

"But relations between them have frayed lately," the outlet noted, pointing out, "Sasse began criticizing the president again after handily winning his GOP primary. In August, Trump reacted strongly to Sasse's objection to the president approving coronavirus relief aid by executive order."

The president tweeted, "RINO Ben Sasse, who needed my support and endorsement in order to get the Republican nomination for Senate from the GREAT State of Nebraska, has, now that he's got it (Thank you President T), gone rogue, again. This foolishness plays right into the hands of the Radical Left Dems!"