Even over the objections of other Democrats. Many voters are rightly skeptical that we'll really make something happen. After all, We didn't even take the extraordinarily obvious and simple step of increasing the minimum wage the last time we had power. Why not? Well, ask Kyrsten Sinema, the former Democratic senator from Arizona who curtsied on the Senate floor while rejecting a minimum wage increase in 2021 to raise wages for up to 27 million Americans and then spent the rest of her time in office. (22:28–22:38)
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Asserts that Democrats did not increase the minimum wage when they had power.
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