{"id":24827,"date":"2023-01-18T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=24827"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:57:30","slug":"sinema-high-fives-manchin-over-filibuster-support-while-schmoozing-with-ceos-at-davos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/18\/sinema-high-fives-manchin-over-filibuster-support-while-schmoozing-with-ceos-at-davos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinema High-Fives Manchin Over Filibuster Support While ‘Schmoozing With CEOs’ at Davos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) speaks during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 17, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Benedikt von Loebell\/World Economic Forum\/flickr\/cc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sinema has always been and will always be all about Sinema,” said the head of one political advoacy group. “She doesn’t care who her policies hurt. She doesn’t care that she stood in the way of voting rights and abortion rights, as long as she got the headlines she wanted.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 18, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia took heat Tuesday for high-fiving over their shared support of the filibuster while “rubbing elbows with Wall Street CEOs and celebrities in the lap of luxury” at the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinema\u2014who left the Democratic Party <\/a>last month\u2014and Manchin sat on a panel with Democrats including Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Rep. Mike Sherill (D-N.J.), and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a multibillionaire. Also on the panel were Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Rep. M\u00e1ria Salazar (R-Fla.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point during the panel discussion, Manchin asked Sinema, “We still don’t agree on getting rid of the filibuster, correct?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That’s correct,” the former far-left anti-war activist replied. The two senators then proceeded to high-five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, surrounded by the super rich, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin agree that they won\u2019t end the filibuster. Then they high-five.

Both have used their position to hurt working people, and the planet, and make their rich friends richer. pic.twitter.com\/MOteq9RRYg<\/a><\/p>— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) January 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>