Harry Reids Farewell Address Warns Against Dangers Of The Trump Era [View all]

The departing Senate minority leader spoke of plutocrats, George Orwell’s advice to the press and the need for women to be in charge.


n a speech that ran well over an hour as he recalled his 34 years in Congress, Reid never mentioned the name of the billionaire president-elect, as he did so often in the weeks and months leading up to the election.

Instead, Reid’s criticism of a man who is stocking his cabinet with billionaires, and who has routinely offended women, incessantly lambasted the media and praised Russia, was more implicit.

They Take the money.

“Something has to be done about the outrageous amount of money from sources that are dark, unknown, now involved in our federal elections,” Reid said, in a reference to the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling that allowed unchecked spending on elections.

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