Sinema is almost a textbook example of why I don't really value representation as necessarily a measure of things that will move things forward.

She supposedly ticks so many boxes that should have given her all these progressive bona fides (at least among people that tend to fall for identity politics stuff):

She's a woman, relatively young, who claims to be bi, is an out atheist, AND she's vegan?! How exciting. I'm especially keen on the last two things.

Well, spoiler alert, it turns out she was a total shit show for progress. Given the choice, I'd take an eighty-some year old white straight male who eats lots of meat and dairy and goes to church all the time, BUT votes for progressive policies...people on our side really, really need to work on looking beyond the surface-level bullshit.

Oh, and ahem - she started out in the Green Party. If people wonder why I give them so much side-eye. Here's what she's been up to lately, according to Wikipedia:

Career after elected office

In January 2025, Sinema joined Coinbase's Global Advisory Council to advocate for the cryptocurrency industry and help it coordinate with US lawmakers.[39][40]

In March 2025, Sinema joined the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells as a senior advisor.[41][42]

In October 2025, Sinema failed in an attempt to lobby the city council of the Phoenix suburb Chandler, Arizona to allow the development of an AI data center.[43] Earlier in the year she founded and became the co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition.[44]

Sinema has since become a strong advocate for the Make America Healthy Again Movement and ibogaine.[45]

She's also a poster child for the horseshoe theory, JFC.