sinema has been clear from the very beginning where she was on the filibuster, she said she would never vote to do any filibuster carveout. with this potential primary challenger from gallego she is also shrugging that off, her office said that they are not concerned with primary challenges. gallego has not made a decision yet, but that s really where this stands. she s been very clear from the beginning. daniella diaz, thank you so much. let s dig deeper with politico reporter mary ann levine, she covers the senate and joins us now to sort through everything that s happening on capitol hill. thanks so much for being with us bright and early this sunday. you just heard daniella report the push back that senator sinema is facing from her own party, that threat of a primary from congressman gallego. obviously the counter argument is that part of the reason she was elected in arizona is because she s closer to a centrist, right, the same way that only a democrat like joe
as arizona native nbc news correspondent vaughan hilliard writes, today s censure is a rare rebuke that could complicate sinema s political future. she s with us now as is strategist elena beverly, she served as white house aide for urban affairs under the obama years. a spokesperson for the senator has responded say, quote, during three terms in the u.s. house and now in the senate, she s always promised arizonans she would be an independent voice for the state, not for either political party. she s delivered for arizonans and has always been honest about where she stands. vaughn, how much weight does this censure hold? it hold not much more weight other than a slap on the wrist and a statement that was quite explicit from theation democratic party here especially when you look at congressman ruben gallego openly talking about primarying her in 2024.
latino congressman gallego decided to ban it in official communications. the bans are alienating and erasing to the most marginalized members of the latino community. it s important we continue to have conversations, why are we so angry about this term and a lot of it i think is this false right wing propaganda that claims it s a term imposed on people. this isn t imposed on anybody. everyone should be able to identify however they feel is right to them. thank you so much as usual for your reporting and for defending a word that again the only purpose of this word is to be inclusive. if people hate t it s important to ask why so thank you. come up, there is a new first lady of sorts in the white house. a new first lady of sorts in the white first lady of sorts in the white house. it s sweet, it s tangy, it s tender, it never misses. you could say it s the steph curry of footlongs.
ukraine s capital. the battle for dooefb, potential turning point in this war if and when it comes. earlier secretary of state blinken said he is convinced russia intends to overthrow the ukrainian government there. president biden suggests more sanctions may follow. i am joined now by democratic congressman ruben gallego, who was in ukraine in december as part of a congressional delegation. congressman, if the russians take control kyiv and the ru current government is overthrown, does that impact the the u.s. response in any way? well, i certainly think it does impact our response about who we are actually arming. at that point, we have to make the realization that the ukraine military as we know it might be compromised and then i think we have to shift to actually supporting partisan and resistance fighters that are willing to take up the fight against russia. ukraine is a massive country, the size of
have, you know, invaded their country, a country that is democratic elected and they re coming in to try to depose them. you may actually kill all the leadership, but that s the kind of thing that may work in russia, but you re dealing with a country that has twice overthrown autocrats to become a democratic country. i m not sure they re just going to lay down and let this happen again. and i think to the detriment of russia, they may actually learn this the hard way. congressman gallego, i appreciate your time tonight. we ll be right back. thank you. offers investors a broader view. we see companies protecting the bottom line by putting people first. we see a bright future, still hungry for the ingenuity of those ready for the next challenge. today, we are translating decades of experience into strategies for the road ahead. we are morgan stanley.