Senator Who Voted No On $15 Minimum Wage Roasted For Outfit, Past Tweets, And Cake Delivery

Photo via @bessbell/Twitter

March 5, 2021, 2:08 pm

Progressives are currently very unhappy about the loss of the $15 minimum wage in the latest COVID-19 relief bill after the Senate parliamentarian declared it couldn’t be and Vice President Harris declined to override her.

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To drive home the point and make detractors get their vote on the record, Senator Bernie Sanders forced a vote on a straight $15 minimum wage bill, which failed not just due to Republicans but from eight Democrats voting against it.

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One of those Democrats has become a particular target of working class frustration after she stepped up for her vote in a weird schoolgirl outfit and did a cute little curtsy as she gave her “thumbs down” no vote.

Twitter users were quick to discover that the backpack-style bag that Senator Kyrsten Sinema chose to wear with her cheerleader skirt is a product of the leggings and yoga apparel brand Lululemon.

I am insane and zoomed in on another picture of her carrying and in the spirit of Edward R. Murrow-level journalism I’m humbled to announce in a parody of white feminism Krysten Sinema [sic] voted against a $15 living wage while carrying a giant Lululemon bag. pic.twitter.com/BCHVCbpvR2

— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) March 5, 2021

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But the outfit and the enthusiastic bob while voting are not the only things that people have found objectionable related to Sinema’s vote. They also dug up past tweets of her supporting minimum wage increases, at least for her own state.

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Democrat who wants to primary Sinema should use this against her during election time. This is just…cruel and tacky. https://t.co/HMSI931iDd

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 5, 2021

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Sinema has defended herself by claiming that she wants to be able to debate a minimum wage raise bill through a normal procedure, but many have pointed out that this is a pointless exercise. It is assumed that due to the filibuster that moderate Democrats refuse to eliminate, Republicans would block any minimum wage bill brought to the Senate and no amount of words could change their minds.

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To top it all off, Sinema has been retweeting posts praising her for bringing a cake to Senate staffers who worked late into the night on Thursday. This created an easy association between the senator and another political figure who said something about poor people and cake (or not really, but you get the point).

Kyrsten Sinema at her best Marie-Antoinette moment after voting against a living wage for hard working Americans

“Let them eat cake”

Reminder: Sinema gets an obscene taxpayer paid benefits package for life. pic.twitter.com/5IoirfUPCP

— THE GP’S MRAL BANKRUPTCY (@GOPMoralBankrpt) March 5, 2021

It’s becoming clear that people are pretty fed up with Democrats getting nowhere on the minimum wage for 12 years now. Even the fight for $15 has been going on for so long that it’s now not enough to pay for an average apartment anywhere in the U.S.

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*First Published: March 5, 2021, 2:08 pm