Harry Reid might be leaving the Senate, but he's not going quietly and he's not going to be shutting up about the danger Donald Trump poses to our country. If that means putting him at odds with the appeasement wing of the Democratic party, so be it.
Harry Reid will continue railing against Donald Trump and his political team all the way into retirement, telling POLITICO in an interview Monday morning that he will give a speech on Tuesday about Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist and former executive at Breitbart. […]
Yet the outgoing Reid's strident rhetoric after a divisive election has also caused some divisions in his caucus. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said last week that Reid's post-election criticisms of Trump were "wrong" and an "absolute embarrassment."
"I'm not going to respond to [Manchin] directly, if anybody wants to defend the stuff that's going on, good luck to them," Reid said on Monday, recounting recent interactions between minorities and Trump supporters. "In Nevada the stuff that has happened since he was elected is really unbelievable."
Many Senate Democrats have thus far withheld directly criticizing Trump and his staff as they hope to work with Trump on issues that divide Republicans like infrastructure and cracking down on currency manipulation. Asked if he hoped to hear more condemnation of Trump from his own party, Reid responded: "That's up to them. I just do what I feel is right."
Keep fighting, Senator Reid. We’ll stand with you.