Reid warns Democrats to lay off impeachment talk [View all]

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Source: Politico

Former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid cautioned Democrats to ratchet down talk of impeaching President Donald Trump ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning such rhetoric could further divide a politically splintered nation.

“I've been through an impeachment, and they’re not pleasant,” the Nevada Democrat told MSNBC in his first network interview since leaving Congress in 2017. “And I think the less we talk about impeachment, the better off we are as a country.”

Reid ascended to Senate leadership in 1999, taking over the role of Minority Whip amid lawmakers’ contentious debate to remove then-President Bill Clinton from office. Reid consolidated power as his party’s whip until 2005, when he replaced outgoing Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as minority leader.

“I've been through impeachment — I was a brand-new whip at the time,” Reid said. “I’d never sat down in the front row. I mean, the Supreme Court was right ahead of me. [Chief Justice of the United States William] Rehnquist was right up there. I felt so nervous. Everything going on was right in front of me.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/25/harry-reid-trump-impeachment-550188

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