Kyrsten Sinema has spent taxpayer cash on luxury airfare
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Arizona Sen Kyrsten Sinema has spent tens of thousands of dollars since 2020 in taxpayer money to fly on private planes, according to a new report. For example, on 2 August, the Arizona senator and her staff travelled to numerous places within the state via Southwest Aircraft Charter — which describes itself as “luxury private air travel”, for a whopping $20,000, records show. Ms Sinema’s expenses on private air travel come in sharp contrast to fellow Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, whose records don’t show any funds spent on private airfare. “Could she be doing more for the state otherwise?” He added that her using taxpayer cash “plays into this larger thing we’ve seen with her, where she tends to go right up to the line of what she’s able to do with spending other people’s money in the way she would best prefer.” This isn’t the first time Ms Sinema’s use of private travel has been noted.