Reid: I ‘Respect’ Cruz For Having ‘Set Of Values’ But Rubio’s ‘An Opportunist’

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., discusses the Iran nuclear agreement during his speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Lawmakers returning to Washin... Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., discusses the Iran nuclear agreement during his speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Lawmakers returning to Washington from their summer recess are plunging immediately into bitter, partisan debate over the Iran nuclear accord. The deal struck by Iran, the U.S. and five world powers in July is aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in relief for economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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In an interview set to air on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) contrasted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), saying that while Cruz at least has a “set of values” that he sticks to, Rubio “doesn’t stand for anything.”

“I don’t like a lot of the things that he stands for, in fact, most everything he stands for. But I have some degree of respect for him because he believes in something. He has a set of values,” Reid said of Cruz on Sirius XM’s “The Agenda with Ari Rabin-Havt,” according to a preview clip of the interview published on Wednesday.

“I don’t agree with his values, but he speaks what he believes is the right thing for the country. And I appreciate someone that does that,” Reid continued about Cruz. “I think he’s really hurt the country with being the person who closed the federal government for 17 days. But at least he set out doing what he said he would do.”

But Reid said that Rubio “is a totally different character.”

“He doesn’t stand for anything, nothing. He’s an opportunist first class,” the minority leader said.

Reid criticized Rubio for abandoning the Gang of Eight immigration bill.

“Here is a man who is part of a group of senators, a very, very small group of senators, who came up with something important for the country: comprehensive immigration reform. He was a part of it. He helped us pass it here in the Senate. And then he walks away from it,” Reid said. “He gives the same speeches on walls, and everybody else that Trump denigrates, he’s right with him doing that.”

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  1. Avatar for nineo nineo says:

    Playing Rubio against Cruz is the best way to get to nominee Trump… which I suspect democrats everywhere wouldn’t mind haha.

  2. Shorter Reid: “Cruz is a despicable person, but he is consistently despicable. Rubio, on the other hand, is only despicable because he thinks it’s what Republican voters want.”

  3. He, like Obama, is masterful at the understated, mild mannered, on point, brutal attack.

  4. Remember back when it was fashionable to hate him? Most of those people are busy hating Hillary now, of course. Because the key thing is that there is always some Democrat who is more worthy of hate than any Republican. It’s how the other True Progressives can tell that you are also a True Progressive.

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