The Implications of Sen. Sinema Quitting Democrat Party

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise announcement that she’s left the Democrat Party raises questions about its implications for the balance of power in Washington and whether the move is more of a shock wave or merely a murmur.
Sinema’s defection from the Democrat Party and registering as an Independent is certainly symbolic—with her announcement being a sharp rebuke of Washington’s bitter partisan divides—but it’s also substantive, multiple sources told The Epoch Times, as it narrows the Democrats’ razor-thin edge in the upper chamber and makes Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) job harder….}