Kyrsten Sinema Didn’t Always Oppose Taxing the Rich
When Donald Trump was in office, Kyrsten Sinema opposed his “huge tax breaks for the wealthy and large corporations.” But Democrats are now weighing taxing the rich — and Sinema is suddenly opposed.
Kyrsten Sinema during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on October 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Rod Lamkey — Pool / Getty Images)
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is attempting to single-handedly block Democrats from paring back Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations to fund their health care, climate, and anti-poverty reconciliation bill — even though she voted against those Trump tax cuts in the House and then campaigned against them during her Senate bid.
Politico reported Wednesday that “Sinema remains opposed to one of the party’s chief goals of raising tax rates on high-income earners and corporations,” adding that this “increasingly appears like a red line” for the senator. The Wall Street Journal separately reported that Sinema “has told lobbyists that she is opposed to any increase in those rates.”
Neither story mentioned that Sinema voted no on the Trump tax cuts as a House lawmaker and also opposed them during her 2018 campaign for Senate.
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