Reid Says He’s ‘Kind Of Pulling For’ Trump Before Quickly Walking It Back

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., share a laugh after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol, Janua... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., share a laugh after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol, January 27, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Wednesday quickly walked back a comment about rooting for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, calling it a joke from the Senate floor.

“Look we’ve gotten along fine,” Reid said of Trump at a press conference at the Capitol, according to The Hill. “With that bunch of people running, I’m kind of pulling for him.”

In response to Trump arguing that he would work with Congress better than rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Reid also said: “Oh, I remember the good old days when he did a fundraiser or two for me.”

But soon after he made those remarks, Reid clarified from the Senate floor that he was just “trying to be funny.”

“Obviously it wasn’t very funny, Schumer kicked me in the back leg,” he said, adding: “I’m watching with pleasure the Republicans fumbling around. …I just think it has made a mockery of our Republican Party.”

He also called Trump a “hateful demagogue who will do immeasurable damage to our country.”

“There’s some things I shouldn’t joke about,” Reid said. “The danger of a Donald Trump candidacy to our country is not a joke.”

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  1. I will always remember Harry R for the “I personally know for a fact that Romney hasn’t paid a cent in taxes the last few years” comment.
    That was utter brilliancy. Maybe he has something up his sleeve for later this fall.

  2. Awesome. Hit 'em again, Harry–HARDER.

  3. Trump is SOOOO a Clinton plant.

    Lovin’ it.

    Just wish that I had had the foresight to buy into Orville Redenbacher last summer…

  4. To say that Trump could actually be the best of that sorry band of GOP candidates is quite reasonable; chilling, but reasonable.

  5. Shhhh, you’re not supposed to tell. You too, Harry.

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