Meghan McCain Defends Sinema After Receiving Attacks for Position on Filibuster

👤Meghan McCain is defending Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), calling her a “maverick” after receiving criticism for reiterating her support for the 🗣️Filibuster.

“Same journalists and pundits who go OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring up my Dad and applaud him for his maverick ways are sure spending a lot of energy ripping apart and defaming for being a maverick against her party… No attempt at intellectual consistency anywhere,” McCain tweeted on Tuesday.

In an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Monday evening, Sinema defended the 🗣️Filibuster while calling out Democrats who are trying to kill it after using it “just last year,” as IJR reported.

“Once in a majority, it is tempting to believe you will stay in the majority. But a Democratic Senate minority used the 60-vote threshold just last year to 🗣️Filibuster a police reform proposal and a covid-relief bill that many Democrats viewed as inadequate,” Sinema said.

She added, “Those filibusters were mounted not as attempts to block progress, but to force continued negotiations toward better solutions.”