Harry Reid pleading for calm should make Americans very tense.
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid advised those who are concerned about the NSA/Verizon phone records collection to just relax. Reid’s justification to Americans, including his fellow Democrats who voted to usher in a promised era of “Hope & Change,” was that things are still being done just like they were when Bush was president:
For many Twitter users, Reid’s advice was unsettling:
Harry Reid "Everyone should just calm down.." Now I feel better. Nothing calms me down more than someone telling me to CALM DOWN. #TGDN
— ❌✝️ American Pitbull ??❌Cult45 (@MelissaRNMBA) June 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/Rick_Sincere/status/342727135787634689
The vile Harry Reid tells me to calm down. Somehow I'm not reassured. #verizon #nsa
— Bill Carpenter (@DadBillC) June 6, 2013
Journos: When Harry Reid tells you to calm down this has gone on 7 years, he's laughing at you for not reporting the evidence to that fact
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 6, 2013
Senator Reid: Calm down everyone! We've been violating your 4th Amendment protection for 7 years. #nsa
— Just Dave (@Dwills_II) June 6, 2013
A few years ago, Reid had a much different reaction to what he claims is the same program:
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/342680879975514112
Reid went out of his way today to make sure his Twitter feed proved that the NSA story is no big deal, because he didn’t mention it at all:
I'm very disappointed House Republicans voted to put thousands of DREAMers at risk of deportation. Their bill is dead on arrival in Senate.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 6, 2013
The immigration debate on the Senate floor starts tomorrow. My goal is finish the process by July 4. http://t.co/OaZ131zcP2
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 6, 2013
Republicans’ student loan proposal would be worse than doing nothing. It would saddle students with more debt than letting rates double.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 6, 2013
Later this morning, I'll call a vote on a student loan bill that freezes current rates and doesn't add a penny to deficit. #dontdoublemyrate
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 6, 2013
Scandals? What scandals?
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