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May 8, 2024

‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid

Harry Reid

Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks at Center for American Progress Action Fund, in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016.

The SUV meandered through a quiet middle-class neighborhood until it reached Harry Reid’s former home, a pleasant one-story ranch house with a terra-cotta roof, pink flowers out front and a swimming pool in the back. The Senate minority leader remained in his seat, flipping the window up and down to take it all in.

“My wife wanted to make sure I told you: This house is crap,” he said. “When we lived there, it was really nice. You’ll see, they ruined our house.”

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