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Harry Reid: “For people to suggest that you can break the rules to change the rules is un-American.”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
For people to suggest that you can break the rules to change the rules is un-American.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Reid argued that changing rules through rule-breaking is against American values.

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