Surprised that #HarryReidRumors is even necessary - seems like any good journalist would have challenged it on the spot #justsayin
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Joe Brettell (@JoeBrettell) December 11, 2012Today isn’t the first time juicy rumors about the Senate majority leader have spread on Twitter. For some reason, these rumors — such as whispers that Harry Reid might be a pederast — pop up whenever Reid starts spreading things he’s “heard” from his reliable sources. During campaign season, a little bird told Reid that Mitt Romney hadn’t paid taxes in a decade, and today, Reid told reporters that his opponents in the fiscal cliff negotiations aren’t getting along.
“We’ve heard about all the infighting going on with the House leadership. I don’t know how valid it is,” Reid said. “I just got a message here that there’s a battle going on between McCarthy and Ryan and the Majority Leader in the House … and Boehner.”
We don’t know how valid these most recent #HarryReidRumors are, but we thought we’d better pass them along.
The Senate will pass a budget this year. #HarryReidRumors—
Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) December 11, 2012
Outrageous! What else do you have?
Gambling to be outlawed in Las Vegas by January #HarryReidRumors (@rorycooper) #tcot—
Blake Gober (@Blakegober) December 11, 2012
I heard Harry Reid is retiring to do a show in Vegas… #HarryReidrumors cc: @APAndrewTaylor @ericaelliott—
Joe Brettell (@JoeBrettell) December 11, 2012
Gov't Secret: Mayans were right #HarryReidRumors—
Erica Elliott (@ericaelliott) December 11, 2012
The democratic party will become the new American monarchy, guess Obamas king now. #HarryReidRumors—
Cameron Griffin (@Ctgriffin7) December 11, 2012
Harry Reid to star as Zombie #7 in the next episode of The Walking Dead. #HarryReidRumors—
(@LibertyBrad) December 11, 2012
Reid learned about Boehner battling Cantor/McCarthy/Ryan from a Bain investor. #harryreidrumors—
Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 11, 2012
Sen. Reid should either explain the message he received, which has no basis in fact, or apologize to press for misleading. #HarryReidRumors—
David Schnittger (@OhSchnitt) December 11, 2012
Apologize? Reid never backed down from his Romney tax return rumors. What will his imaginary friend tell him next?