Reid says town hall protesters are "evil-mongers" Town hall protesters are "evil-mongers," says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Reid coined the term in a speech to an energy conference in Las Vegas this week and repeated it in an interview with Politics Daily.
Such "evil-mongers" are using "lies, innuendo and rumor," to drown out rational debate, Reid said.
"It was an original with me," Reid said of the term. "I maybe could have been less descriptive," he said, adding that "I doubt you'll hear it from me again."
Nevertheless, Reid worked in the word one more time during the interview.
"I feel I haven't done anything to embarrass [my children]," Reid joked. "Except maybe call somebody an evil-monger."