"Utter betrayal": Activists who helped elect Kyrsten Sinema say she "turned her back on us"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : But "I knew that if I was going to be safe coming out of the closet, I'm going to need members of the LGBTQ community and allies in positions of power who would vote for something like the Equality Act, who would put my interests first.
50% : After winning that election she joined numerous bipartisan groups that called for "reforming" Social Security and Medicare, cutting corporate taxes and regulations, and reducing spending.
43% : The Equality Act is just one of the major pieces of Democratic legislation that has languished in Congress as a result of the filibuster.
42% : The first was when she led the opposition effort to a 2006 ballot initiative that would have prohibited same-sex marriage.
39% : It was a startling departure from an activist who decried the ills of capitalism two decades earlier.
37% : She has also voted to repeal the estate tax, which only applies to individuals with assets over $11.7 million, repeatedly supported increased military spending, and voted to repeal Obama's Clean Water Plan and block his Clean Power Plan.
33% : In fact, that's what they unsuccessfully tried to do with their attempts to repeal Obamacare.

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