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April 19, 2024

Harry Reid on getting lampooned by ‘The Daily Show’: ‘Sometimes you step on your whatever’

Daily Show Reid

Comedy Central: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart calls out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his attacks on the Koch brothers’ spending on political issues while defending Sheldon Adelson’s similar spending.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., conceded that his effort to distinguish between the money spent by Sheldon Adelson in politics and the money thrown around by the Koch brothers may have left a bit to be desired.

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Reid was asked about a "Daily Show" segment that lampooned the flimsy distinction.

Instead of trying to defend the proposition, Reid chalked it up to home-state politics.

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