{"id":1167203,"date":"2021-12-28T22:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1167203"},"modified":"2021-12-28T22:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T03:34:38","slug":"legendary-toughness-bluntness-and-tenacity-mitch-mcconnell-pays-tribute-to-political-rival-harry-reid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-toughness-bluntness-and-tenacity-mitch-mcconnell-pays-tribute-to-political-rival-harry-reid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Legendary Toughness, Bluntness, and Tenacity\u2019: Mitch McConnell Pays Tribute To Political Rival Harry Reid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flegendary-toughness-bluntness-and-tenacity-mitch-mcconnell-pays-tribute-to-political-rival-harry-reid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1167203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) paid tribute to a former political adversary Tuesday evening after the news broke that former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 82.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Harry Reid, probably the most important elected official in Nevada history, has died at 82.<\/p>\n<p>My condolences to his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RalstonReports\/status\/1475994714008522753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConnell, who rose to the position of minority leader in the 110th Congress (2007-2009) \u2014 at the same time that Reid, who hailed from Nevada, became the majority leader \u2014 found himself opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-democrat-harry-reid-former-senate-majority-leader-dies-at-82\/\">Reid<\/a> on numerous issues over the next decade until the latter retired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis life\u2019s journey began in a house that lacked running water. It took him all the way from amateur boxing and a stint with the U.S. Capitol Police to eventually becoming one of the most senior leaders whom that force protected,\u201d said McConnell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could hardly invent a more quintessentially American story, and it took Harry\u2019s legendary toughness, bluntness, and tenacity to make it happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell addressed the lengthy rivalry between himself and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/harry-reid-u-s-government-withholding-evidence-of-ufos-which-may-have-interfered-with-american-weapons\/\">Reid<\/a> in his final thoughts, adding, \u201cThe nature of Harry\u2019s and my jobs brought us into frequent and sometimes intense conflict over politics and policy. But I never doubted that Harry was always doing what he earnestly, deeply felt was right for Nevada and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer, who was elected to lead the Senate Democrats when Reid retired, announced that the flags at the nation\u2019s capital would be lowered to half staff in his honor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In honor of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:<\/p>\n<p>The flags at the Capitol are being lowered to half-staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1476010222686724099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama, whose two terms in the White House aligned closely with the years Reid led his party in the Senate, shared the letter he wrote to Reid in what he knew was his final days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Harry Reid was nearing the end, his wife Landra asked some of us to share letters that she could read to him. In lieu of a statement, here\u2019s what I wrote to my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When Harry Reid was nearing the end, his wife Landra asked some of us to share letters that she could read to him. In lieu of a statement, here\u2019s what I wrote to my friend: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6Ll6rzpAX\">pic.twitter.com\/o6Ll6rzpAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1476009363689123849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s letter reads:<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I got the news that the health situation has taken a rough turn, and that it\u2019s hard to talk on the phone. Which, let\u2019s face it, is not that big of a change \u2019cause you never like to talk on the phone anyway!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s what I want you to know. You were a great leader in the Senate, and early on you were more generous to me than I had any right to expect. I wouldn\u2019t have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and I wouldn\u2019t have gotten most of what I got done without your skill and determination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Most of all, you\u2019ve been a good friend. As different as we are, I think we both saw something of ourselves in each other \u2014 a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. And you know what, we made for a pretty good team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Enjoy your family, and know you are loved by a lot of people, including me. The world is better \u2019cause of what you\u2019ve done. Not bad for a skinny, poor kid from Searchlight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Barack<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) paid tribute to a former political adversary Tuesday evening after the news broke that former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 82. BREAKING: Harry Reid, probably the most important elected official in Nevada history, has died at 82. My condolences &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}