Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) declared herself to be “the most liberal legislator in the State of Arizona” in a 2006 radio interview that was shared by Kari Lake’s campaign for Senate on Tuesday.
The newly resurfaced video was recorded during Sinema’s appearance on “The Ed Schultz Show” in February 2006. Sinema, who was a state legislator at the time, declared herself to be the “most liberal” of her colleagues after Schultz asked about her political identity.
It was initially released by the influential National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in 2018 when Sinema won her race for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. Sinema has since left the Democratic Party and attempted to differentiate herself from her former colleagues but continues to caucus with Senate Democrats and accept Democratic committee assignments.