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<p>In Washington, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-sen-kyrsten-sinema-says-she-is-no-longer-a-democrat">decision to leave the Democratic Party</a> last week landed like a black cloud<strong> </strong>over the party’s sunny post-election victory lap.</p>
<p>But back in Arizona, her move came across like something else entirely.</p>
<p>“Her party switch is an electoral hand grenade,” one Arizona Democratic operative told The Daily Beast, “and she just pulled the pin.”</p>
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In Washington, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party last week landed like a black cloud over the party’s sunny post-election victory lap.
But back in Arizona, her move came across like something else entirely.
“Her party switch is an electoral hand grenade,” one Arizona Democratic operative told The Daily Beast, “and she just pulled the pin.”