SIDE HUSTLE: If Kyrsten Sinema is selling her clothes online, she’s literally making them our business
When Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema was sworn into the Senate in 2019, Democrats rejoiced as the stylish and openly bisexual breath of fresh desert air scared the absolute h-e-double-hockey sticks out of then-VP Mike Pence.
But instead of shaking things up with policies intending to fix all the things the Trump administration had broken, Senator Party City kept showing up in costumes to Congress to do a whole lot of empty attention-seeking and beclowning while pretty much never doing what her constituents elected her to do, which is vote with the Democrats.
Sinema spent most of the last two years aligned with Sen. Joe “DINO” Manchin of West Virginia (you know, that haven for Democrats), and now that she’s switched her party affiliation to Independent for extra attention (and to make sure Vice President Kamala Harris can never miss a Senate vote), it’s possible she might be concerned about losing her sweet Senate salary should she be primaried.
Now, if someone was paying me $174K a year to not do my job especially well, I might also be keeping one eye on the internets for an additional income source just in case things go sideways.
In a new column for Slate, writer Christina Cauterucci writes she’s not only found Sinema’s side hustle, but she also engaged in a serious buyer-seller chat via Facebook Marketplace with the user named “Kyrsten Sinema.”
“At least, I think it’s Kyrsten Sinema,” Cauterucci says in her piece. “It’s her name on the Facebook Marketplace listing, and it’s her in the profile photo, grinning at the finish line of a running race. The seller bio says she lives in Phoenix, and our one mutual Facebook friend is a former Democratic National Committee staffer.”
Cauterucci asks the same questions you might also be asking yourself, considering all of the unknowns involving online selling: “Would a sitting senator respond within seconds on a weekday morning to a message about her used heels?” Cauterucci muses.
“Would it be worth her time to photograph a pair of old shoes, write a sales listing, field inquiries from potential buyers, and arrange pickup logistics—all for just $65?” she ponders.
The shoes in question are 4.5-inch Badgley Mischka stilettos in a Size 8 and “adorned with rhinestone-studded flower appliqués—look as if they would fit pretty well in Sinema’s wardrobe.”
Sinema did that thing where she kept showing up to vote in crazy outfits and then complained when people commented on them.
She literally said “my clothes are nobody’s business” yet might have a business selling her clothes to the public.
So, that’s making it our business. Are we all clear on what words mean now?
Sinema’s people have neither denied nor confirmed it’s her on Facebook Marketplace, but all signs point to it being a legit listing.
I mean, this is how she’ll show up to Congress, so it’s really not hard to believe she’s selling her old shoes too.
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Arizonans deserve so much better than this style challenged DINO. pic.twitter.com/0Hraqe6VpH— Elgin Charles (@ElginCharles) September 26, 2022
Also, a former friend of Sinema’s just spilled GALLONS of tea about her on Twitter, so here’s just an extra holiday gift for those of us who might not want to shop her Marketplace.
Ok, I’ve had it. I remained silent about Kyrsten Sinema for 10 years, but it’s time to break the silence.
I always had a distaste for candidates who criticize their opponents after they lose an election. It comes off as sour grapes even if it’s well-founded. But…(1/10)
— David Schapira (@dschapira) December 9, 2022
