Arizona

We didn't want them to defer to Sinema the first time.

Kelly/Gifford were instrumental in picking Sinema in the primary.

Many of us hoped that Kelly would use his seat to become an orator on issues for the "radical center" like dreamers, the environment and tax equity but have been astonished by his super low profile. He hasn't even made much on his signature issue of universal background checks. We accept it with regret but Arizona Democrats are absolutely united and excited about Gallegos defeating Sinema. Beyond the more well publicized moves she made against filibuster reform, enforcing voting rights, negotiating lower drug prices, etc are such banalities as her struggling on Trump's impeachment and only deciding to vote for it at the last second. She undercuts Democratic Party positions and gives Republican Senators justification to not do the right thing.

Kelly will do the right thing, he will say the right thing but sadly he isn't going to lead on any important issue.

I will add the link to the video in a minute:


https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/03/19/kelly-full.cnn

His praise for Sinema starts at 8:30

"worked very closely with her in a very positive way"

refused to pledge support for the Democratic nominee.

What AZ Democrats are mostly invested in is sending Sinema into the trash can of history.