Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann claims he used to date Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Liberal former MSNBC anchor and sportscaster Keith Olbermann revealed Monday that he had dated Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema more than a decade ago.

Olbermann, who currently hosts a podcast, made no bones about his disappointment with the moderate senator, stating that she was previously even more liberal than he was.

The former SportsCenter and Countdown host was reacting to Sinema’s speech in Kentucky, where she was praised as Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, where he revealed his support for restoring the 60-vote threshold for all judicial nominations and nominees.

Olbermann wrote: ‘When we came out, in 2010 at 11, Kyrsten was a legitimate progressive, very much to my left. She now she has embraced the political industry where there are only processes, no police, and never people.’

He then teasingly suggested that Sinema replace Chuck Todd, another frequent former MLB target in the Fox host’s wrath, as host of Meet the Press.

Liberal former MSNBC anchor and sportscaster Keith Olbermann revealed Monday that he had dated Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema more than a decade ago.

Liberal former MSNBC anchor and sportscaster Keith Olbermann revealed Monday that he had dated Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema more than a decade ago.

Olbermann, who currently hosts a podcast, did not spare his disappointment with the moderate senator, stating that she was previously even more liberal than he was.

Olbermann, who currently hosts a podcast, did not spare his disappointment with the moderate senator, stating that she was previously even more liberal than he was.

Seeing the response and uproar over the revelation that she dated the senator, she promised in a subsequent tweet to “answer” people’s questions on her podcast, also called Countdown, on Tuesday’s show.

Sinema, who in 2000 worked on Green Party candidate Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign and was an ardent anti-Iraq war protester and critic of capitalism long before she was elected to the Senate, has yet to comment on the claims. .

Olbermann, who last appeared regularly on television when she resigned from ESPN in October 2020, has been linked to a number of high-profile women across the political spectrum in the past, including MSNBC’s Katy Tur and conservative activists Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham.

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His life has been undermined in the past by TV mega-producer Aaron Sorkin, who based characters on his shows SportsNight and Olbermann’s The Newsroom.

The former Current TV host’s Twitter account is regularly a mix of combative arguments, criticism of Trump and attempts to save homeless dogs facing being put to sleep.

Olbermann, who last appeared regularly on television when he resigned from ESPN in October 2020, has been linked to a number of high-profile women across the political spectrum in the past.

Olbermann, who last appeared regularly on television when she resigned from ESPN in October 2020, has been linked to a number of high-profile women across the political spectrum in the past.

Olbermann's previous girlfriends include MSNBC's Katy Tur and conservative firebrands Ann Coulter (pictured) and Laura Ingraham

Olbermann’s previous girlfriends include MSNBC’s Katy Tur and conservative firebrands Ann Coulter (pictured) and Laura Ingraham

Sinema, who in 2000 worked on the presidential campaign of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, was an ardent anti-Iraq war protester and critic of capitalism long before she was elected to the Senate, has yet to comment on the claims.

Sinema, who in 2000 worked on the presidential campaign of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, was an ardent anti-Iraq war protester and critic of capitalism long before she was elected to the Senate, has yet to comment on the claims.

Sinema, the first openly LGBTQ+ senator, made the comment even as a sizable number of Democrats hope to roll back the filibuster, or at least create exceptions for abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. Wade.

That comes as some strategists hope to ride a wave of outrage over the conservative Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in the November election, where they face headwinds.

“Not only am I committed to the 60-vote threshold, I have an incredibly unpopular opinion,” Sinema said during an appearance at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center, named for the 80-year-old senator who was elected in 1984.

“In fact, I think we should restore the 60-vote threshold for areas where it has already been removed. We should restore it,’ she said. That was a reference to the areas where filibuster is not in effect: judicial and executive nominations.

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The line received a light applause, prompting a joke from Sinema.

“Not everyone likes that,” he said, “because it would make it difficult for us to confirm judges and it would make it difficult for us to confirm executive appointments in each administration. But I think if we were to restore it, we would actually see more of that middle ground in all parts of our government, which is what I think our ancestors intended.’

“In fact, I think we should restore the 60-vote threshold for areas where it’s already been removed,” Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said at an event at the McConnell Center. Currently, federal judicial nominations and executive nominations can clear the Senate by a majority threshold

Sinema made the statement during a question-and-answer session after telling a hackneyed story about the Senate acting as the “saucer” to cool the “passions” of the House, a body he described as occasionally giving in to the House’s passions. . moment.

“While it’s frustrating as a minority member of the United States Senate, and equally frustrating in the majority, because you have to have 60 votes to advance, that frustration represents only the short-term angst of not getting what you want. ,’ she said. “We shouldn’t get everything we want in the moment because later, after cooler reflection, you recognize that it’s probably gone too far.”

He compared the occasionally frustrated majority to children. ‘Those of you who are parents in the room know that the best thing you can do for your children is not to give them everything they want, right?’ she said.

He argued against legislation designed to ‘feed our short-term desires’.

Sinema also spoke about the political control of Congress, which is at stake in November.

McConnell masterminded the plan to stop Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court under President Barack Obama.

McConnell masterminded the plan to stop Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court under President Barack Obama.

Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate 53-47

Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate 53-47

Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court 52-58 weeks before the 2020 election

Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court 52-58 weeks before the 2020 election

US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was confirmed in her post with just 51 votes.

US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was confirmed in her post with just 51 votes.

Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., left, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., killed Democratic attempts to change filibuster for voting rights.

Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., left, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., killed Democratic attempts to change filibuster for voting rights.

President Joe Biden negotiated with Sinema for months on his Build Back Better plan

President Joe Biden negotiated with Sinema for months on his Build Back Better plan

As everyone knows, control changes between the House and the Senate every two years. It will likely change back in a few weeks,” he said.

Introducing her before an event at the namesake center where she was given a bottle of bourbon, McConnell praised Sinema for standing up to pressure to change the stonewalling.

“Kyrsten Sinema had to have a lot of guts to stand up and say that I’m not going to break the institution to achieve a short-term goal,” he said, and protect the institution “against a kind of mob.”

“I can’t tell you how important this has been to the Senate as an institution,” McConnell said.

He called her “the most effective first-term senator I’ve seen in my time in the Senate,” referring to her 37-year career in the Senate.

“She is what we have very few of in the Democratic Party today, a genuine moderate and a negotiator,” McConnell said.

His speech was entitled: ‘The future of political discourse and the importance of bipartisanship.

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