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SAHIL KAPUR APRIL 28, 2014, 2:32 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday taunted Republicans who are attacking him in their Senate races, citing a recent Wall Street Journal article documenting the ways the Nevada Democrat has become a fixture in GOP campaigns.
"In Senate races across the country, Republicans will avoid the issues that matter most to Americans. Instead trying to focus attention on a senator not even up for election. That senator is me," he said on the Senate floor on the day the chamber returned from a two-week recess.
True to form, Reid used the opportunity to -- yet again -- tie Republicans to the billionaire Koch brothers after contrasting his party's agenda with the GOP's agenda.
"Charles and David Koch and their radical henchmen -- feel free to attack me as much as you want. I can take it," he said. "But don't expect the American people to be fooled by this newest tactic."
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)That's exactly what I want to hear from my Senate Majority Leader.
-Laelth
merrily
(45,251 posts)Plus, it's a great way to GOTV.
They used to focus on Pelosi. Now it's Harry.
I think Harry often gets a bad rap from us non-politician Dems, for the wrong reasons. We forget that part of his job as majority leader is to protect re-election of the members of his caucus and the Dem Party.
Even if the vote is for truth, justice and the American way, he is not going to bring it to the floor if he knows it's going to show up his caucus in any way or cost members an election. That is what a majority leader does; and why the members of his caucus keep voting for him.
You gotta love it when he gets to do things like this, though.
Give 'em hell, Harry.
M0rpheus
(885 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Gothmog
(145,266 posts)It is clear that the Kochs are not happy which is why the GOP is going after Harry Reid. I find these attacks on Senator Reid to be funny. The best way to deal with the Kochs is to shine some sun light on their activities. The consumer product division is vulnerable to a boycott and rich people hate to lose money due to their political views.