Senator from Arizona leaves Democratic Party

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declares she will leave the Democratic Party and will register as a political independent. Jake Tapper sits down for an exclusive interview to find out why she’s making this decision and if she would support Biden in 2024. Plus, Elon Musk says Twitter will roll out a new feature in response to “shadowbanning” claims. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just as we thought the Senate count was settled, along comes Kirsten Sinema.
0:06.6	The lead starts right now.
0:10.1	Kirsten Sinema declaring her independence.
0:13.4	She has done with Democrats this hour what you haven't heard in her exclusive interview
0:18.2	with Jake Tapper, why she's announcing this now, why she's switching parties a second
0:22.2	time, and will she support President Biden in 2024?
0:27.0	And will a judge hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court?
0:31.1	The frustration building after more classified documents were found.
0:35.1	Plus, those who dare, self-proclaimed lava junkies risking the law and their lives receive
0:42.1	volcanoes up close.
0:48.7	Welcome to the lead.
0:49.7	I'm Casey Hunt in today for Jake Tapper.
0:51.6	We start with our politics lead, and that major shake-up on Capitol Hill that could have
0:55.9	major implications, not just immediately, but in 2024 as well.
1:00.6	Today, Senator Kirsten Sinema of Arizona announced she's leaving the Democratic Party and
1:05.4	registering as a political independent.
1:07.8	The top Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer, and the White House are downplaying the news,
1:11.9	pointing to ways that they've worked with Sinema before in a bipartisan fashion.
1:16.3	And Sinema says, in an exclusive TV interview with Jake, that she doesn't see much changing,
1:21.8	but her move does cause immediate uncertainty about how Democrats can control the Senate
1:26.1	in the next Congress, given their incredibly slim majority.
1:30.9	And it could throw the 2024 Senate map into chaos if Sinema runs as a third party candidate
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