Posted on 07/27/2016 4:52:44 PM PDT by jazusamo
Speaking for the last time at a Democratic convention as a party leader or elected official, Senate Minority LeaderHarry Reid (Nev.) used the occasion Wednesday to unload on Donald Trump, calling him a “hateful con man.”
Reid blamed what he called the divisive tactics of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other congressional Republicans for enabling Trump’s rise.
“His Republican Party decided that the answer to hard-working Americans' dreams is to slander our African-American president, stoke fear of Muslims, sow hatred of Latinos, insult Asians, and, of course, wage war against women,” Reid said.
“In other words, the only thing Republicans, like Mitch McConnell, have accomplished is setting the stage for a hateful con man, Donald Trump.”
Reid has served as the Senate Democrats’ leader since the 2004 election and helped pass some of the party’s biggest legislative accomplishments, such as the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
But his parting speech to the convention didn’t dwell on sentiment and memories, focusing instead on the party’s next generation of leaders such as Catherine Cortez Masto, who’s running for his Nevada seat, and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Clinton’s running mate.
“In a few months, I'll be stepping out of the ring, one last time. But Democrats will always — always — be in your corner. So together, let's keep fighting, together; fighting the good fight!” he said, alluding to his younger days as a semi-professional boxer.
True to his reputation as a pugilistic politician, he didn’t leave the stage without a hard parting shot at the GOP.
He argued that Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), want to put insurance companies in charge of the healthcare system, give free rein to banks and “gamble” with retirement benefits by encouraging people to adopt private investment accounts instead of Social Security.
“Republicans want to tear down the pillars of middle-class security. We won’t let that happen,” he said.
and next Trump: Reid is a ‘hateful con man’
//“His Republican Party decided that the answer to hard-working Americans’ dreams is to slander our African-American president, stoke fear of Muslims, sow hatred of Latinos, insult Asians, and, of course, wage war against women,” //
Same can be said of Reid’s own Mormon church...
That picture looks like an elderly Bonnie and Clyde.
I don’t think he will change. But I hope he does. I would never want to see someone go to hell.
It won't end with this bunch. The DNC produces this socialist army the way Orcs and Uruk-hais were created at Saruman's castle. Each generation just gets worse and more bold.
Sorry, FIFY? Don’t know that one.
A talking turd wearing shades...should be in the circus.
And Hillary is a whore,l:
Wish I could get Reid to say bad stuff about me.
Lucky Donald.
“But then, this man has most likely NOT lived his life like your Grandpa or mine!”
After a hundred million innocent dead in the twentieth century, no liberal is entitled to the slightest consideration, courtesy, or civility. Liberals should be reviled, abominated, spat upon, even beaten, whenever they have the gall to show their faces in the presence of decent people.
A con man calling Trump a what?
Too bad the Mob didn’t use a better treadmill.../s
Projection alert!
%ep, like most ‘Rats, pure Projection.
These DemonRATs are just taking http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=3453734%2C1#helpthe talking points that Cruz spewed out against Trump. The Cruz misinformation polluted the political landscape like a toxic waste dump. All the DemonRATs have to do is scoop it up and throw it at Trump. If Trump takes the time to respond to all of it, he wastes media time for his offensive against der Hildebeast.
Spot on. The DemonRATs are going to take Cruz’s playbook chapter and verse. Damn that Cruz for putting out all that crap.
Goes to D.C. as Poor as Hillary Clinton.
Leaves D.C. as Rich as Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Pot meet Mr. Black, and whats with the sun shades?
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