Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has no intention of apologizing to Mitt Romney for his unsubstantiated accusation in 2012 that the former Republican presidential nominee didn’t pay taxes for a decade.
“Oh, I have no repentance, because it was an issue that was important. The American people deserve to know,” Reid told Univision’s “Al Punto with Jorge Ramos” in an interview scheduled to air on Sunday.
He said Romney could resolve the issue by releasing his tax returns, insisting that “someone who worked at Bain Capital, a couple people, told me he didn’t pay taxes.”
Asked if that meant he had no apologies to offer Romney, Reid was categorical.
“Oh, none whatsoever, zero, none,” he said. “Because he had the opportunity at any time. But he was afraid to… ’cause he couldn’t.”
Reid was recently asked on CNN if his methods were reflective of McCarthyism, and he responded, “They can call it whatever they want. Romney didn’t win did he?”
