Kyrsten Sinema is spending more than $100,000 a month on personal security, barely raising money, and shelling out for first-class plane tickets—after railing against first class.
Once upon a time, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) crusaded against politicians cashing in on perks of their office.
In 2018, as a U.S. House member and Senate candidate, Sinema co-wrote a bill seeking to crack down on lawmaker use of public funds for “first class air travel,” among other luxuries.
“Arizonans are sick and tired of seeing Washington bureaucrats use their hard-earned tax dollars for personal gain,” Sinema said in a constituent email from July 2018, citing “private luxury travel” specifically.
Now, as Sinema reportedly considers whether to run for another term in 2024, it’s hard to overstate the degree to which she has become a caricature of the type of politician she once bashed.
On Monday, The Daily Beast reported on Sinema’s unusual spending of $210,000 in taxpayer funds on private chartered air travel since 2020—a practice that she herself had tried to ban just six years earlier.
But if Sinema pushes the envelope on her use of public funds, her latest campaign finance filings reveal her comfort with spending donor money on just about any perk under the sun—stays at five-star European hotels, luxury vehicles, first-class airfare, and splurges at plush West Coast vineyards.
On top of all of that, Sinema’s personal security expenses carry a staggering burn rate of more than $100,000 a month, most of it to one person—Tulsi Gabbard’s sister.
Fuck this evil piece of trash. Can’t wait to never hear about this scum again. She’ll never win another election, that’s for sure.
Sinema was living the luxury life on campaign donations
Time to cash out, her friends in Moscow are calling her home.
Man…she is such a disappointment. I was excited when she won but never thought she’d be this bad.
$100,000 a month on personal security… lol. She knows everybody hates her.
Its going to Russian asset Tulsi Gabbards sister.
More like a 100k/month kick back from campaign funds that will get reimbursed under the table.
Shes just money laundering election funds.
As much as I would hate it, I’d consider strategically voting against her, definitely in a primary election, for sure in a general election just to get rid of her. Fuck her.
I thought she pulled out from running as a Democrat because she knows she would lose.
Oh, Sinema, where you gonna run to?
Sinema where you gonna run to?
Where you gonna run to?
All on that day.Can’t stand her. Good riddance.
She is the perfect example of how every person that runs for any sort of government position is just seeking power and money. There are no good politicians.
I like Sanders and Swalwell and the Crew.
There are good politicians, they just stay out of the limelight. Both Oregon senators are great. Whitehouse is awesome.
She’s certainly everything every democrat wants to be.
Good. That will allow Gov. Hobbs to appoint someone that won’t block Democratic bills.