Angle Backs Away from “Take Out” Reid Comment

Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday July 1, 2010

In an interview today, Nevada GOP senate candidate Sharron Angle backed away from many of her earlier controversial comments. Politico reports:

In her first major interview since winning the Nevada Senate primary, Republican nominee Sharron Angle backed away from some of her previous comments, including how “people are really looking towards those Second Amendment remedies” to “take Harry Reid out.”

“I was speaking broadly, as you saw, about the Constitution, and that was the context of that rhetoric,” Angle said of her provocative comments concerning the Senate majority leader, which she made on a conservative radio show in January. “I admit that was a little strong to say, ‘take him out.’ I meant to say ‘take him out of office,' and taking him out of office is a little different.”

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