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A couple of the broadcast networks had a serious case of the sads Friday morning as Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced she was ditching the Democratic Party label and becoming an independent. This was much to the chagrin of ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS Mornings as they lamented the Democratic Party majority in the Senate unexpectedly shrink after initially securing 51 seats earlier this week.
ABC congressional correspondent Rachel Scott called it a “massive shake-up here on Capitol Hill” and framed Sinema’s decision as the latest headache she’s caused the party and President Biden. “She has been a major swing vote for Democrats, a key hold-out on parts of President Biden's domestic agenda,” she noted.
“The timing on this is notable. It comes just right after Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock won that critical runoff in Georgia handing Democrats an outright majority in the Senate,” she rhetorically groaned.
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