If you looked up the word”fool’s errand,” this story might appear in the search engine results. A far-left organization will pressure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to encourage the abolition of the filibuster. How? By conducting advertisements demanding that she reconsider her stance on the topic.
Breitbart News reported that Only Democracy, an activist organization,”will run $1.2 million worth of ads in Arizona from June 21 to June 30 to pressure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) into trashing the filibuster, amid fears the Republicans will use it to block the legislation designed to cancel state voter ID laws and publicly fund political campaigns.”
The team”will air two ads on cable news programs, local news, and local sports in Arizona and spend $200,000 on digital ads to garner support for the’For The People Act. ”’
The proposed legislation, which is derisively referred to by opponents as the”Corrupt Politicians Act,” would basically give the federal government control over state elections. Among the advertisements begins by highlighting Sinema’s voting record. “Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema is failing us,” it states.
“As the GOP tries to silence our voices, she’s just standing by, supporting a Jim Crow relic instead,” the ad continues. “You’re refusing to stand with us, Sen. Sinema. Why should we stand with you?”
The next ad criticizes the senator for not”fighting” for the voting rights act. “You’re doing their [Republicans] dirty work, letting a Jim Crow relic keep us down,” the advertisement says.
Democrats have been fond of pretending that the filibuster is racist in origin despite their using it over 300 times this past year. “Our right to vote is under attack,” the advertisement lies.
Sinema isn’t the only person who has come under fire from the left. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has also received criticism for refusing to support abolishing the filibuster. The lawmaker has also pushed back against the so-called voting rights bill and has asked his colleagues to make considerable adjustments to the proposed step.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the advertisements will probably fall on deaf ears. Sinema has been resolute in her stance on the filibuster and it doesn’t appear likely that she’ll change her mind due to a few ads. She has already demonstrated that she isn’t afraid to buck her party when she deems it necessary. Unfortunately for the Democrats, Sinema and Manchin do not seem keen on permitting them to ram through Biden’s radical agenda before 2022.
