Sexist pig!
Via The Hill:
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is throwing a wrench into Hillary Clinton’s plans for picking a vice presidential candidate, warning any senator from a state with a Republican governor is off limits.
Reid, who wants Democrats to take back the Senate in his final year as leader, said his answer to whether Clinton should pick a running mate who could be replaced in the Senate by a Republican was “hell no.”
“If we have a Republican governor in any of those states, the answer is not only no, but hell no. I would do whatever I can, and I think most of my Democratic colleagues here would say the same thing,” Reid told MSNBC’s “AM Joy.” “[I would] yell and scream to stop that.”
The comments mean Reid would be in opposition to Clinton picking Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) or Sherrod Brown (Ohio), two senators with big progressive fan bases who are on most short lists. It would also be a reason against picking New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
Reid offered no hints about who he’d like to see Clinton pick. Virginia Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, however, have also been seen as under consideration and represent a state with a Democratic governor.