Slate podcast slammed for attacking Kyrsten Sinema's 'toxic White lady energy'

The left-wing outlet Slate is facing backlash for a podcast referring to Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., as a "toxic White lady" for her call to keep the filibuster that could frustrate liberal legislative ambitions.

"It’s interesting to me that the set of bills that she is holding up by supporting the filibuster or refusing to consider filibuster reform includes a voting rights bill named for John Lewis … Because in 2015, at the start of that Congress, as there is at the start of any Congress, there’s an election to determine who will lead each party," said Slate writer Christina Cauterucci.  "At the time, almost every Democrat voted for Nancy Pelosi. Not Kyrsten Sinema. She said she wanted to elect John Lewis to lead the party. And she said, ‘He’s my hero.’ Well, the fact that she calls him a hero, publicly embraces him as a civil rights icon, and now is working against the substance of what he stood for is, to me, like peak toxic White lady energy."