Biden Blasts Republicans Over Christmas Comments – NYTimes.com

Go, Joe!

I’m glad someone is calling the Republicans out…

The Washington flap over who is showing disrespect for Christmas continued as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. blasted Republicans for using the holiday as an excuse to avoid voting.

“Don’t tell me about Christmas,” a clearly irritated vice president told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday. “I understand Christmas. I have been a senator for a long time. I have been there many years where we go right up to Christmas. There’s 10 days between now and Christmas. I hope I don’t get in the way of your Christmas shopping, but this is about the nation’s business. This is national security at stake. Act. Act.”

Mr. Biden’s comments came after Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, warned his colleagues on Tuesday that the amount of work left this year will most likely require Congress to return the week after Christmas.

That led his Republican colleagues to accuse Mr. Reid of not respecting Christmas. One Republican senator, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, reminded Mr. Reid, “This is the most sacred holiday for Christians.”

In reply, Mr. Reid offered a blistering speech on the Senate floor, calling Mr. DeMint and other Republicans “sanctimonious.”

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