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Harry Reid somehow knew this would happen

By Eddie Scarry

Published December 19, 2019 4:49pm ET

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Harry Reid somehow knew this would happen — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, as the Senate split along party lines and left a $1.1 billion proposal to fight the Zika virus in limbo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid isn’t dead, and he’s no longer in Congress. Yet he knew that the previously rushed impeachment effort would stall once it was supposed to head to the Senate.

The Nevada Democrat and former Senate majority leader said in an interview with Slate, published just last week, that we would end up exactly where we are now. I’m sure that’s a coincidence.

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