‘Don’t Give a Sh*t’: Kyrsten Sinema Gives One Last Middle Finger to Democratic Critics in Exit Interview

Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) may have entered the upper chamber of Congress as a Democrat, but most of her critics hail from the left.

As she sails off into the sunset, Sinema reflected on those critics in an “exit” interview with Semafor during which she professed not to “give a shit” about them.

Most recently, Sinema drew fire from progressives when she voted not to confirm one of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.

“Millions of working people across the country will pay the price for their actions,” complained Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

“Pathetic,” said Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who also told Semafor that “she and [Senator Joe] Manchin will be ‘likely remembered for the role they played in’ cutting down Biden’s first-term climate and health care bill, ‘which could have been transformative to this country.'”

Nevertheless, Sinema seems at peace with her record, taking a victory lap on her decision to preserve the Senate filibuster — “One person reached out to me after the election and apologized — and said I was right. One Democratic senator. I was surprised about that one. I was very surprised. And I appreciate it” — and insisting that while she’s been made out to have incomprehensible politics, the opposite is true.

“I know some people think I’m, like, this enigma or whatever, but I don’t think that’s true at all,” she said. “I think, maybe, this is a place where sometimes people say things that they don’t mean. I am not one of those people … I think I’m highly predictable.”

“Honestly, I feel like we got 40 years worth of work done in one term. I do wish we had gotten immigration done. We tried really hard, but everything else was just pretty freaking amazing,” she reflected. “Did I feel like it was meaningful and worthwhile? Mostly. Were there times when I was like, ‘Oh, my God, this place’? Yeah, a lot.”