Kyrsten Sinema’s Ex-Friend Has Proof She’s ‘Calculated’

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Kyrsten Sinema is no stranger to burning bridges. She’s in the process of doing just that with her former Democratic colleagues now that she officially switched her party to Independent, and according to David Shapira, a former Arizona politician and ex-friend to Sinema, she burned a bridge with him, too. Shapira wrote a now-viral Twitter thread about the ordeal but came on this episode of The New Abnormal to break down exactly what happened—and the half-assed apology she allegedly gave him after—as well as some reasons he believes his “calculated” former pal cares more about “notoriety” than her role as a servant of the public. Also Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Spencer Ackerman, and author of the Forever Wars newsletter, joins the pod to share what he thinks will happen with the Yemen-Saudi ceasefire resolution Bernie Sanders recently proposed, which calls for the United States to stop the residual aid that it’s giving to Saudi Arabia. Plus! Danielle and Andy make an extremely strong case for why Marjorie Taylor Greene needs a mute button after her latest comments on trans kids and Jan. 6, and ponder the idea of Kevin McCarthy retiring. Hey, co-hosts can dream!

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1:22.2	What an excellent show we have today. First we're going to be joined by Spencer Acrimon,
1:25.3	who writes the newsletter Forever Wars. And he's going to talk to us about the war in Yemen
1:28.9	and the tough road of decisions Biden has ahead with it. Then we'll talk to David Shapiro,
1:32.8	who's a former Arizona politician, who has a lot of experience with Kyrsten Sinema,
1:36.8	which he'll tell us all about and shed some light on her recent decision to become an independent
1:41.0	instead of a Democrat, but first, let's have some fun. Hey, Danielle, how are you?
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