The outgoing Senate minority leader says the Electoral College has a “tremendous responsibility” on its hands.
That the CIA’s assessment became public only after the election is a source of immense frustration to Democrats, who argue that a revelation before the vote may have swung the contest for Clinton. Reid claimed that during a pre-election briefing with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, both he and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried to get Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Paul Ryan (Wis.), the Republican leaders of the Senate and House, respectively, to sign a joint letter asking for the connection to be made public.
“We thought it would be better if it came from all four of us,” he said. When McConnell and Ryan demurred, “we tried to change the letter a few times,” Reid said, to no avail.
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