In her early twenties, she's working at a social worker in poor community in phoenix with a lot ofa mexican immigrants. And through one way or another, leads her to involvement with the arizona green party. One year later, two thousand one, she decides to run for a spot on the phoenix city council. How's go? It doesn't go very well. Doesn't get very many votes. So very quickly, her career moves into another chapter. Where does it go after that? Well, she becomes very involved in the anti war movement.
Tim Murphy from Mother Jones explains how Sen. Kyrsten Sinema went from a left-wing activist to a Biden obstructionist.
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