Reid acknowledged he was not exempt from breaching Senate decorum and
offered “self-criticism” for blasting Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when Cruz
was not on the floor on Thursday. Reid called the freshman conservative the
“joint speaker” of the House, a reference to Cruz’s continued influence
over House Republicans. That Thursday outburst prompted Minority Whip John
Cornyn (R-Texas) to warn the Democratic leader that traditions of decorum
were in “jeopardy of being transgressed.”
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