Bernie Sanders Tells Colbert He Won’t Miss Kyrsten Sinema ‘At All’

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sat down with Stephen Colbert this week to promote his new book It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism and was asked if he’ll miss Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who announced this week that she would not be seeking re-election. “Not at all,” he told Colbert without missing a beat.

Sinema is known for being a centrist Democrat who’s closest relationships in the Senate were with Republicans rather than members of her own party, and drew the ire of Democrats and her constituents when she and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) became frequent contrarians to the party’s initiatives.

The senator announced her intention not to run for re-election yesterday, saying, “I believe in my approach, but it’s not what America wants right now.”

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