Kyrsten Sinema’s explanation of her motives is indecipherable

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has been notoriously inaccessible to constituents and to the media. It’s not just a question being busy – she’s had plenty of time to try out as an intern at a winery and run triathlons. So when Sinema finally sat down with The Atlantic to explain her often opaque behavior, it was a chance to explain to voters and to the public at large just what was behind her baffling behavior.

The result is every bit as unpleasant as you might expect.

For one thing, staff writer McKay Coppins points out right up front that Sinema comes across as arrogant.

“She speaks in a matter-of-fact staccato, her tone set frequently to smug,” Coppins writes. “She says things like ‘I am a long-term thinker in a short-term town’ and ‘I prefer to be successful.’ The overall effect, if you’re not charmed by it (and a lot of her Republican colleagues are), is condescension bordering on arrogance. Sinema, who graduated from high school at 16 and college at 18, carries herself like she is unquestionably the smartest person in the room.”

What is perhaps more surprising is that Sinema admits that she…

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