Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) on Wednesday ripped into Senate Republicans for tanking the Senate’s bipartisan border bill.
“I have a very clear message for anyone using the southern border for staged political events: Don’t come to Arizona. Take your political theater to Texas. Do not bring it to my state,” Sinema said on the Senate floor before a vote to advance the legislation failed.
“In Arizona, we’re serious,” she continued. “We don’t have time for your political games. We are not interested in you posing for the cameras. In Arizona, we are busy.”
The Arizona senator, who has worked through several weekends and holidays as a key negotiator, also accused lawmakers of using the border crisis to further their “political agendas”: “If you want to spend the border crisis for your own political agendas, go right ahead. If you want to continue to use the southern border as a backdrop for your political campaign, that’s fine. Good luck to you.”
