Harry Reid trades insults with Cliven Bundy's wife in battle over standoff site

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Harry Reid trades insults with Cliven Bundy's wife in battle over standoff site

Previous legislative efforts to create a national conservation area
in Nevada have failed, and conservative critics have accused him
of a ‘federal land grab’

Sam Levin in San Francisco
Friday 8 April 2016 23.51 BST

Nevada senator Harry Reid and the wife of jailed rancher Cliven Bundy traded insults this week as the Democratic politician announced he would be pushing to protect the land near the family’s property now that Bundy and his sons are behind bars.

“I’ve tried to protect Gold Butte for a long time,” Reid said on Thursday, referring to the region north-east of Las Vegas where Bundy led an infamous standoff with the government in 2014 after years of refusing to pay federal cattle grazing fees.

“And the reason we haven’t been able to do anything to this point is … the Bundy boys and his pals,” Reid continued. “Because of the fact that the Bundys are in jail, I’m going to reach out to the White House … We’ll see if President Obama will protect this area. He has the authority, as any president does, to stop this sort of destruction and stop it now.”

On Friday, Carol Bundy, Cliven’s wife, fired back in a Facebook video while critics of Reid alleged that he was plotting a “federal land grab” by the Bundy ranch.

Reid’s previous legislative efforts to create a 350,000-acre national conservation area at Gold Butte have failed, and conservative critics throughout the west have accused him of attempting to steal land from families who have long ranched in the area.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/08/harry-reid-cliven-bundy-nevada-racher-armed-standoff

[kristopher]

1. Let me fix that for the Guardian...

Reid’s previous legislative efforts to create a 350,000-acre national conservation area at Gold Butte have failed, and conservative critics throughout the west have accused him of attempting to steal land from deadbeat families who have long ranched in the publicly owned area without paying the usage fees.

There, that's much more accurate.

[madokie]

2. Yup

[KelleyKramer]

3. That's a good start, I would add. ..

... even though they get a 90% discount they still refuse to pay the fees