Harry Reid: "The DNC has been worthless", backs Keith Ellison
Harry Reid trashes Democratic National Committee: “The DNC has been worthless”
Taylor Link
Salon
“I believe one of the failures of the Democratic Party has been the Democratic National Committee,” Reid said on Nevada Public Radio on Wednesday. ” The DNC has been worthless. They do nothing to help state parties. That should be the main goal they have.”
Even before the election, Nevada politics guru Jon Ralston reported Reid’s own mobilizing efforts would help deliver the state to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “The reality of this election is that if Clinton wins, especially if she ends up needing Nevada, it’s not a stretch to declare that Reid was the single most important person in her victory,” Ralston wrote for Politico Magazine.
Reid seemed to agree with this analysis on Wednesday, repeating his claim that the DNC was relatively meaningless. “I developed everything in Nevada on my own,” he said.
Shortly after the election, Reid announced his support for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison as head of the DNC. Ellison has promised he would resign from Congress if he were elected head of the committee.
