Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday adopted a conciliatory tone when asked about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has bucked the party establishment and continued to be a thorn in the side of their presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton.

“I think we should just lay off Bernie Sanders a little bit, OK?” Reid, D-Nev., said when asked about Sanders’ latest moves against the party, which include a call for California voters to register as “no party preference” in the state’s upcoming primary. “He’s done some really good things. The party has changed during his tenure here, and we’ll see what happens. I think Bernie is a good man and he tries to do the right thing.”