Kyrsten Sinema
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
  • Sen. Kyrsten Sinema privately trashed her Democratic colleagues to GOP lobbyists. 
  • Sinema said she stopped attending party lunches because "old dudes are eating Jell-O" and it's a waste of time.
  • Earlier this year, Sinema formally left the Democratic Party.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema privately tore into Senate Democrats, regalling Republicans and GOP lobbyists with tales about why she stop attending party lunches because it "old dudes ... eating Jell-O."

"Old dudes are eating Jell-O, everyone is talking about how great they are," Sinema told a reception for Republican lobbyists earlier this year, per Politico's Jonathan Martin. "I don't really need to be there for that. That's an hour and a half twice a week that I can get back."