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Reid Statement on the Election of Donald Trump
Harry Reid Press Release ^ | November 11, 2016 | Harry Reid

Posted on 11/11/2016 6:54:29 AM PST by Cboldt

"I have personally been on the ballot in Nevada for 26 elections and I have never seen anything like the reaction to the election completed last Tuesday. The election of Donald Trump has emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry in America.

"White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump's victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear - especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim Americans, LGBT Americans and Asian Americans. Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America.

"I have heard more stories in the past 48 hours of Americans living in fear of their own government and their fellow Americans than I can remember hearing in five decades in politics. Hispanic Americans who fear their families will be torn apart, African Americans being heckled on the street, Muslim Americans afraid to wear a headscarf, gay and lesbian couples having slurs hurled at them and feeling afraid to walk down the street holding hands. American children waking up in the middle of the night crying, terrified that Trump will take their parents away. Young girls unable to understand why a man who brags about sexually assaulting women has been elected president.

"I have a large family. I have one daughter and twelve granddaughters. The texts, emails and phone calls I have received from them have been filled with fear - fear for themselves, fear for their Hispanic and African American friends, for their Muslim and Jewish friends, for their LBGT friends, for their Asian friends. I've felt their tears and I've felt their fear.

"We as a nation must find a way to move forward without consigning those who Trump has threatened to the shadows. Their fear is entirely rational, because Donald Trump has talked openly about doing terrible things to them. Every news piece that breathlessly obsesses over inauguration preparations compounds their fear by normalizing a man who has threatened to tear families apart, who has bragged about sexually assaulting women and who has directed crowds of thousands to intimidate reporters and assault African Americans. Their fear is legitimate and we must refuse to let it fall through the cracks between the fluff pieces.

"If this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of Donald Trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate. Winning the electoral college does not absolve Trump of the grave sins he committed against millions of Americans. Donald Trump may not possess the capacity to assuage those fears, but he owes it to this nation to try.

"If Trump wants to roll back the tide of hate he unleashed, he has a tremendous amount of work to do and he must begin immediately."


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 114th; elderly; harryreid; nevada; nv2016; reid; soiledharry
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To: Cboldt
while innocent, law-abiding Americans are wracked with fear

We're not fearful anymore, Harry. Surely you're not talking about the rioters that are burning down their cities, are you?

41 posted on 11/11/2016 7:18:20 AM PST by mykroar (Democrats in 2016: The party of genitalia, real or imagined.)
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To: Cboldt

Harry, you are now......irrelevant.
That’s the word, irrelevant.
Learn to live with it Harry.
Embrace the suckage that is the rest of your life.


42 posted on 11/11/2016 7:19:37 AM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: Cboldt

The liberals and Democrats are like little children who never grew up. If they do not get their way they pout and scream, have tantrums and call people nasty names who do not agree with their childish ideas.


43 posted on 11/11/2016 7:21:43 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: Cboldt

Harry needs another round with his exercise machine


44 posted on 11/11/2016 7:24:45 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Cboldt

Harry Reid, the person who is masquerading as a MAN, is more full of $hit than a city sewer.


45 posted on 11/11/2016 7:24:47 AM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: MuttTheHoople
# 20....

"They're coming to take me away, hah, hah
They're coming to take me away, hoh, hoh, hah, hah
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice men in their beautiful white coats....."

Leni

46 posted on 11/11/2016 7:26:07 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO, TRUMP !.......GO, PENCE !)
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To: Cboldt

Finish the nuclear waste dump in Nevada and start storing stuff. Rename it the Harry Reid National Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility.


47 posted on 11/11/2016 7:28:32 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Cboldt

He still doesn’t understand that he is one of the main reasons why Trump was elected. 30 years ago he was an ambulance chasing lawyer, then he went to Washington, he’ll leave soon with more than $10 million in declared net worth...

DRAIN THE SWAMP...


48 posted on 11/11/2016 7:30:18 AM PST by Geronimo ( To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something...)
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To: Cboldt

Yes, all that rioting is 100% due to Trump supporters hunting down those who disagree with them./s

When they’re not projecting, they’re rioting. When they’re not rioting, they are name calling. When they’re not name calling, they’re stealing. When they’re not stealing; they’re lying When they’re not lying, well, Toronto will be playing Edmonton for the Stanley Cup.


49 posted on 11/11/2016 7:32:32 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Cboldt

So far in those cases they have all been frauds.


50 posted on 11/11/2016 7:34:35 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Cboldt
If this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of Donald Trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate. Winning the electoral college does not absolve Trump of the grave sins he committed against millions of Americans. Donald Trump may not possess the capacity to assuage those fears, but he owes it to this nation to try.

"If Trump wants to roll back the tide of hate he unleashed, he has a tremendous amount of work to do and he must begin immediately."

Look in the mirror Harry. You and your kindred are the ones filled with bigotry and hate.

51 posted on 11/11/2016 7:35:06 AM PST by txlurker
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To: Cboldt

Lefty Rosenthal should have had Spilotro whack him back when he was a Nevada gaming commissioner. (watch casino, Tom Smothers plays the guy based on Reid)


52 posted on 11/11/2016 7:35:54 AM PST by sharkhawk (GO CUBS GO)
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To: Cboldt

Hes as crazy as bat shit. Sure time for him to rot away.


53 posted on 11/11/2016 7:36:42 AM PST by Pit1 (CROOKED HILLARY. Has such a nice ring to it. CROOKED HILLARY.)
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To: Cboldt

let me know where they bury harry’s carcass. I need to take a leak.


54 posted on 11/11/2016 7:41:25 AM PST by utax
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To: Cboldt

“The press is despicable and proving it every day.”

One could reasonably conclude that the press is even worse than turds like Harry. Without the press as his soap box, Harry would be a miserable little nobody talking to a gigantic crowd of about a dozen people.


55 posted on 11/11/2016 7:41:32 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Cboldt

Sorry libs, we’re not going to try to come together, we’re going to do just like Obama did and right roughshod over your asses ...


56 posted on 11/11/2016 7:42:39 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: Cboldt

So glad this insane, lying jackass is done. Rot in peace Harry.


57 posted on 11/11/2016 7:46:49 AM PST by Bayan
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To: AndyJackson

Bury Harry there.


58 posted on 11/11/2016 7:47:34 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Cboldt

There you go , 26 elections. These are the kind of people that need to go. Career politicians.


59 posted on 11/11/2016 7:49:14 AM PST by IVAXMAN
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To: Cboldt

The more Harry talks about this topic, the happier I am!

60 posted on 11/11/2016 7:49:59 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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