What Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s defection means for Democrats and Arizona politics

Democrats now have an asterisk on their 51-seat majority in the US Senate, with Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announcing she would change her party affiliation from Democrat to Independent. She will be the third independent senator, joining Senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King, who both form a caucus with the Democrats. NewsHour’s Lisa Desjardins and Stephanie Sy join Judy Woodruff to chat. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Learn more about PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https: //bit.ly /2HfsCD6 Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ newshour Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour Podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

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