Kyrsten Sinema: Arizona Democrats censure senator for voting rights failure
by Martin Pengelly in New York and Lauren Gambino in from US news | The Guardian on (#5VA5B)
Democrat opposed move to carve voting rights issues out of filibuster and thereby overcome GOP opposition
The Arizona Democratic party has formally censured Kyrsten Sinema, the US senator whose opposition to filibuster reform helped sink attempts to protect voting rights.
In a statement on Saturday the Arizona party chair, Raquel Teran, said: While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP executive board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy."
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