“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) withheld support for a joint statement condemning last weekend’s protests against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) because it also wouldn’t include a rebuke of her political views,” Axios reports.
Charlie Sykes: “There are two possibilities here: Bernie is playing some form of ideological four-dimensional chess; or the cranky old guy can’t count to 50 — as in the 50 votes he will need to get anything at all from the reconciliation bill. (There’s a third possibility, but let’s pass over that in the spirit of charity.)”
“In any case, it’s a bold move to piss off one of the swing votes that he absolutely, positively will need someday.”
