Watch: Bernie Sanders tells Colbert why he 'will not miss Kyrsten Sinema at all'

06 March 2024

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) made a major announcement on Tuesday, March 5: She will not be seeking reelection.

Arizona voters were wondering if the state's 2024 U.S. Senate election would be a three-way competition between centrist independent Sinema and the major parties' likely nominees: liberal Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego and far-right MAGA Republican Kari Lake. But Sinema's decision not to run means that the race will probably come down to strictly a Gallego/Lake battle.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) discussed Sinema's decision during a March 5 appearance on "The Late Show," and he candidly told host Stephen Colbert why he isn't sorry that she will be leaving the U.S. Senate when her term ends.

Colbert asked the 82-year-old Sanders, "How much are you going to miss her?" And the self-described "democratic socialist" responded, "Not at all."

Sanders recalled, "In the midst of COVID three years ago — working with the president — we passed the American Rescue Plan, which went a long way to take us out of the terrible economic downspin that we were in and help us address the pandemic. What we understood is that bill, which was really consequential, was an emergency bill, right? Economic downturn, COVID."

The Vermont senator went on to explain that getting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda passed in the U.S. Senate was an uphill battle.

"We had zero Republican support," Sanders told Colbert. "We had 48 people in the Democratic caucus prepared to transform this country on behalf of the working class of America. Two people — Sinema being one, (Sen. Joe) Manchin being the other — refused to support us. We couldn't pass it. So no, I will not Miss Sen. Sinema."

Sanders also discussed the 2024 presidential election and the fact that incumbent Biden is now 81.

"I think the media has fixated a little bit too much on age," the octogenarian — who is slightly older than Biden — told Colbert. "Look, age is a factor. But what you want to look at is the totality of the person and what he or she accomplishes. If you look at what Biden has done…. for the last two years, we have had unemployment under 4 percent…. We have created hundreds of thousands of decent-paying jobs…. We're rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. We're investing in sustainable energy. Those are real achievements."

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