Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending her dramatic “thumbs-down” vote on her party’s bid to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with a spokesperson of her office dismissing criticism over the gesture as sexist. Sinema sparked social media backlash for the manner in which she joined the Senate Republicans and a handful of her Democratic colleagues in voting against a proposal to add an increase of the federal minimum wage as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending bill. In video footage that has since gone viral, Sinema is seen standing on the House floor, offering a “thumbs down” when her name was called to vote. “No one should ever be this happy to vote against uplifting people out of poverty,” wrote Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a progressive firebrand who has advocated for the minimum wage hike. When asked for comment about Sinema’s seemingly enthusiastic mannerism, which …
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