Bernie Sanders lambasts Kyrsten Sinema in late-night appearance: Won't miss her 'at all'

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told late night host Stephen Colbert that he would not miss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., "at all" on Tuesday after she announced she would not seek re-election.

Colbert, an enthusiastic Democratic Party booster, repeated the Sinema news and as the audience applauded and Sanders laughed, Colbert said, "obviously a lot of people are going to miss her. How much are you going to miss her?"

"Not at all," Sanders responded. The Vermont senator, a Democratic socialist, criticized Sinema for not supporting the Build Back Better bill.

"We had zero Republican support. We had 48 people in the Democratic caucus prepared to transform this country on behalf of the working class of America. Two people, Kyrsten Sinema being one and [Joe] Manchin being the other, refused to support us, and we couldn’t pass it, so no, I will not miss Senator Sinema," Sanders said.

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Sinema announced on Super Tuesday that she will not seek re-election when her first term ends next year.

The move from Sinema, who switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent in 2022, leaves the Arizona Senate race narrowed between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego. Sinema was part of a