Sen. Reid Calls Republicans Anarchists Who’ve Taken Over Congress

Harry Reid Attacks Tea Party on the Senate Floor: 'Anarchists Have Taken Over Congress' (YouTube)

9/12/13 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday said that efforts by tea party-backed Republicans in the Senate to use an energy efficiency bill to defund ObamaCare was evidence that "anarchist have taken over" Congress. In a speech on the Senate floor, Reid said that some senators had attempted to derail the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act with unrelated amendments.

"The anarchist have taken have taken over," the Nevada Democrat observed, throwing up his hands. "They've taken over the House, now they're here in the Senate." "We're in a position here where people who don't believe in government — and that's what the tea party is all about — are winning, and that's a shame."