The Democrats have defined themselves in contrast to the Republican Party by attempting to embrace liberal representation politics. As feminist columnist Jessica Valenti points out, misogyny is openly baked into Republican politics, leaving space for Democrats to swoop in and claim the feminist mantle, in large part by focusing on electing âfirsts.â The 2018 election of Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona, the first out bisexual woman in Congress, is one example of this.
However, Sinema caught national attention on Friday during the COVID-19 relief bill vote, when she thumbed-down a provision for an incremental raise towards a $15 minimum wage, live on C-SPAN in a vivid performance of coy white womanhood. While the Biden team, during its campaign season, claimed that raising the minimum wage would be a priority, Democratic politics as usual meant they quickly backed down on this commitment in the COVID relief bill. Following backlash to the scene, Sinemaâs press secretary claim
Where’s New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo?
CNN viewers might be asking that question this week after his name nearly vanished from the network.
The Democratic governor has faced an onslaught of allegations this month from fellow members of his party. Those allegations began with a report by the state’s attorney general alleging that New York’s nursing homes undercounted the number of coronavirus deaths. State Assemblyman
Ron Kim subsequently accused the governor of threatening him in an effort to keep the allegations secret. And this week, a former aide to the governor,
Lindsey Boylan, accused Cuomo of sexually harassing in a culture of “pervasive” harassment and “bullying.”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office is looking for a new senior communications officer to handle "messaging," as they navigate their way through scandals involving the administration's handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic and a recent allegation of sexual harassment.
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