In an interview with the right-wing Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) continued to take shots at his Republican opponent, former state Rep. Sharron Angle, saying that “she’s not mainstream for Nevada or probably most any other place in America.”
Brody asked Reid whether Angle was an extremist. “Well, I’m not going to be calling her a name,” said Reid. “I’ve never met Sharron Angle that I remember. Anyone in Nevada that wants nuclear waste to come to Yucca Mountain is not in the mainline of what Nevadans want.”
Reid then went on to discuss some of Angle’s other positions, such as getting rid of Social Security. Brody then pointed out that Angle has backed away from that one. Reid then pressed further.
“Well of course she has said that time and time again, time and time again that she wants to privatize social security,” said Reid. “She can walk it back all she wants but you have her speaking on camera saying that. I’m glad if she’s walked back away from it. That’s good.”
Brody concluded this line of discussion by asking: “Okay, so just so I understand with the labels on Sharron Angle, you’re not going to start calling her an extremist or anything but it would be fair to say that you believe her positions are out of the mainstream.”
Reid responded: “I think that what I have seen her say what I have watched her say what I have read what she has said she’s not mainstream for Nevada or probably most any other place in America.”
