Senator Sinema responds to incident involving ASU activists

PHOENIX – Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has said that an incident involving a group of community activists over the weekend was “unacceptable.”

“Yesterday several people disrupted my class at Arizona State University. After deceptively entering a locked and secure building, these people filmed and posted videos of my students without their permission – including footage taken of my students and myself using the restroom, ”he said. Senator Sinema said in a press release Monday morning.

Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) posted a video on Twitter Sunday morning, showing activists from the following group Sinema and others in the ASU restroom.

LUCHA posted again saying: “We wouldn’t have to resort to confrontation (Sinema) around [Phoenix] if she took meetings with the communities that elected her. It was completely inaccessible. We are fed up with political games, stop playing with our lives. “

Sinema said: “The activist group that engaged in yesterday’s behavior is the one that my team and I have met several times since I was elected to the Senate, and I will continue to engage with them. Arizonans with diverse perspectives to help inform my work for Arizona. Yesterday’s behavior was not a legitimate protest. It is unacceptable that militant organizations are asking their members to put themselves in danger by putting themselves in danger. engaging in illegal activities such as entering closed university buildings, disrupting learning environments and filming students in restrooms. ”