McCaskill told Reid at the time that she did not plan to vote for him and explained her reasons to him. “Oh, no, why would I?” Reid told me when I asked him if he felt betrayed. They had been close during Reid’s 12 years as Democratic leader, Reid serving as the arid desert yin to Schumer’s bombastic Brooklyn yang. When we spoke, Reid told me he did not wish to be seen as second-guessing Schumer. Durbin told me that he has sat with Schumer and Trump together at the White House.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2019 10:00 UTC