The author of a forthcoming biography of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid published previously unreleased email exchanges last week that shed light on the political machinations behind Reid’s false claims about then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Longtime Nevada reporter Jon Ralston, writing for his personal Substack, revealed private emails showing Reid’s closest advisers pushing for the Nevada Democrat to double down on claims during the 2012 presidential election that Romney had not paid taxes for 10 years.
Romney released two years of tax documents showing he did pay taxes during the years in question.
The email messages also highlighted how Reid’s tactics were received with celebration by the campaign team of President Barack Obama. More information will be included about the saga in Ralston’s biography, “The Game Changer,” to be released in January.
“What did characterize him was being very brutal and in a way most politicians were not publicly,” Ralston said in an interview with the Deseret News. “He didn’t care what people thought of him, and so he just he was willing to do things that others would not.”
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