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Harry Reid: McConnell ‘Tried To Make Love To The Tea Party’

by Tom Kludt

07.23.13 | 4:06 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., updates reporters on the pace of the immigration reform bill following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2013.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Monday that his Republican counterpart’s overtures to the tea party have backfired.

Speaking at an event held by Organizing for Action, Reid seemed to gloat that Senate Minority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had drawn a Republican challenger in next year’s race.

“He tried to make love to the tea party and they didn’t like it,” Reid said, as quoted by the Washington Post.

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Tom Kludt Tom Kludt is a reporter for Talking Points Memo based in New York City, covering media and national affairs. Originally from South Dakota, Tom joined TPM as an intern in late-2011 and became a staff member during the 2012 election. He can be reached at tom@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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