Sen. Sinema Suggests Republicans Will Take the House

Sen. Sinema Suggests Republicans Will Take the House
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, then a Democrat now an Independent, during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 14, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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During a rare public appearance to discuss politics, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) suggested that she thinks Republicans will take the House in November.

Sinema’s comments, delivered during an address on bipartisanship hosted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to an audience at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center, align with general predictions by contemporary observers. However, they represent a break with the optimism of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has insisted that her party will hold the lower chamber.