Biden eulogizes Reid as 'one of the greatest Senate Majority Leaders in history'
Source: CNN
By Dan Merica, Jeff Zeleny and Allie Malloy,
Las Vegas (CNN)Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was remembered by a host of top Democratic politicians at his memorial service in Las Vegas on Saturday, with President Joe Biden hailing the Nevada Democrat as someone who "would always have your back" and former President Barack Obama recalling him as a fighter "who did not give up."
Reid, the scrappy former Democratic Senate leader who spearheaded epic legislative battles throughout three decades in Congress, died in December at age 82 following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
His service honored his love of family, with all five of the late senator's children speaking; his love of Nevada, the state he helped put on the political map during his decades in office; and the central role he played in ushering in some of the most significant pieces of legislation of the last two decades.
Obama cast Reid as the consummate pragmatist, someone willing to work "with folks he didn't agree with or particularly like" in order to get things done. At a time when "so often compromise is portrayed as weakness, Harry had a different view," Obama said, recalling how the former Democratic leader "did not believe in highfalutin theories or rigid ideologies" and "met people where they were, not where he wanted them to be."
Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a memorial service at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.
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