Bi Senator Sinema Confronted by Activists
Lawmaker ripped over hesitation to embrace Build Back Better agenda
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
A group of immigration
activists confronted
out bisexual Senator
Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
in a college restroom on October
3 as the lawmaker continues to
take heat for her refusal to support
the president’s Build Back Better
agenda.
According to footage of the incident,
activists from Living United
for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
entered Sinema’s class at Arizona
State University and followed the
senator into a public restroom. In
the video, the activists are heard
pressing the senator to support
the Build Back Better initiative —
a sweeping economic, infrastructure,
and recovery plan supported
by most Democrats. The legislation,
however, has been snarled as
Sinema and West Virginia Senator
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona slammed advocates for approaching her in a public bathroom.
Joe Manchin refuse to support it
as is.
In a statement on October 4,
Sinema ripped advocates for invading
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the privacy of her students.
“Yesterday, several individuals
disrupted my class at Arizona State
University. After deceptively entering
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a locked, secure building, these
individuals fi lmed and publicly
posted videos of my students without
their permission — including
footage taken of both my students
and I using a restroom,” Sinema
said in a written statement.
Sinema added, “The activist
group that engaged in yesterday’s
behavior is one that both my team
and I have met with several times
since I was elected to the Senate,
and I will continue engaging
with Arizonans with diverse viewpoints
to help inform my work for
Arizona. Yesterday’s behavior was
not legitimate protest. It is unacceptable
for activist organizations
to instruct their members to jeopardize
themselves by engaging in
unlawful activities such as gaining
entry to closed university buildings,
disrupting learning environments,
and fi lming students in a
restroom.”
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