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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) boards an elevator following votes at the U.S. Capitol on September 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Sinema was captured on video on Monday ignoring Karina Ruiz, a constituent and executive director of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, when she asked her to commit to voting in favor of immigrants' rights by supporting the Build Back Better Act. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
\u201cBREAKING: DACA recipient & immigrant rights leader @KarinaIRuiz just confronted @KyrstenSinema on flight to DC. She calmly shares about her father's death & asks Sinema to to pass Biden's reconciliation bill w/ a path to citizenship. Sinema\u2019s response? To ignore her. Disgraceful.\u201d— Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE! (@Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE!) 1633386713
"When the easiest way to get a senator's attention is to purchase a plate at a fundraising dinner... people have few other options to make themselves heard."
--Sarah Jones, New York
\u201cShe\u2019s not in the bathroom this time so the obfuscators will complain that she was on the phone. There\u2019s no good time to hold a Senator accountable for brazen corruption & opposing 60%+ popular provisions\u201d— Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99 (@Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99) 1633385058
\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to:\n\n\u274c hold town halls\n\u274c reply to voters\u2019 emails/letters/phone calls\n\u274c meet voters in person\n\u274c answer constituents\u2019 questions in any way/shape/form\n\n\u2026don\u2019t run for public office. That\u2019s part of the job. You work for the voters. Engage w/us or step down.\u201d— Hiral Tipirneni, M.D. (@Hiral Tipirneni, M.D.) 1633397999
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\u201cBREAKING: DACA recipient & immigrant rights leader @KarinaIRuiz just confronted @KyrstenSinema on flight to DC. She calmly shares about her father's death & asks Sinema to to pass Biden's reconciliation bill w/ a path to citizenship. Sinema\u2019s response? To ignore her. Disgraceful.\u201d— Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE! (@Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE!) 1633386713
"When the easiest way to get a senator's attention is to purchase a plate at a fundraising dinner... people have few other options to make themselves heard."
--Sarah Jones, New York
\u201cShe\u2019s not in the bathroom this time so the obfuscators will complain that she was on the phone. There\u2019s no good time to hold a Senator accountable for brazen corruption & opposing 60%+ popular provisions\u201d— Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99 (@Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99) 1633385058
\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to:\n\n\u274c hold town halls\n\u274c reply to voters\u2019 emails/letters/phone calls\n\u274c meet voters in person\n\u274c answer constituents\u2019 questions in any way/shape/form\n\n\u2026don\u2019t run for public office. That\u2019s part of the job. You work for the voters. Engage w/us or step down.\u201d— Hiral Tipirneni, M.D. (@Hiral Tipirneni, M.D.) 1633397999
\u201cBREAKING: DACA recipient & immigrant rights leader @KarinaIRuiz just confronted @KyrstenSinema on flight to DC. She calmly shares about her father's death & asks Sinema to to pass Biden's reconciliation bill w/ a path to citizenship. Sinema\u2019s response? To ignore her. Disgraceful.\u201d— Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE! (@Kai Newkirk !VOTE BLUE!) 1633386713
"When the easiest way to get a senator's attention is to purchase a plate at a fundraising dinner... people have few other options to make themselves heard."
--Sarah Jones, New York
\u201cShe\u2019s not in the bathroom this time so the obfuscators will complain that she was on the phone. There\u2019s no good time to hold a Senator accountable for brazen corruption & opposing 60%+ popular provisions\u201d— Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99 (@Secular Talk\ud83c\udf99) 1633385058
\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to:\n\n\u274c hold town halls\n\u274c reply to voters\u2019 emails/letters/phone calls\n\u274c meet voters in person\n\u274c answer constituents\u2019 questions in any way/shape/form\n\n\u2026don\u2019t run for public office. That\u2019s part of the job. You work for the voters. Engage w/us or step down.\u201d— Hiral Tipirneni, M.D. (@Hiral Tipirneni, M.D.) 1633397999