--- description: Here's the full transcript of his remarks from the Senate floor title: Read Harry Reid's Speech Calling on Donald Trump to Rescind Stephen Bannon's Appointment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee0aa750359b8b1/6988ae9e97cdff860c6ae9c5/harry-reid.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Harry Reid's Speech Calling on Donald Trump to Rescind Stephen Bannon's Appointment by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 11:02 PM CUT  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leads the Democrats of the Nevada delegation to the podium for a media availability in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leads the Democrats of the Nevada delegation to the podium for a media availability in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call,Inc. by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 11:02 PM CUT Sen. [Harry Reid](http://time.com/4567860/donald-trump-harry-reid-statement/ "undefined") spoke out on Tuesday against Donald Trump’s early actions as president-elect, calling on him to “Rise to the dignity of the office…instead of hiding behind your Twitter account.” Of concern to Reid and his allies (as well as many Republicans) is the appointment of [Stephen Bannon](http://time.com/4569588/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-white-house/ "undefined") as chief White House strategist and senior advisor. The former [Breitbart](http://time.com/4571258/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-steve-bannon/ "undefined") chief executive is known to promote white nationalist, anti-Semitic, racist and misogynist viewpoints, and many see his presence in the White House as a dangerous proposition. “If we fail to hold Trump accountable,” Reid said, “we all bear a measure of responsibility for normalizing his behavior.” Read the full transcript here: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4572395/harry-reid-speech-donald-trump-stephen-bannon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4572395/harry-reid-speech-donald-trump-stephen-bannon/"},"headline":"Read Harry Reid's Speech Calling on Donald Trump to Rescind Stephen Bannon's Appointment","datePublished":"2016-11-15T23:02:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:50:31.588Z","description":"Here's the full transcript of his remarks from the Senate floor","url":"https://time.com/4572395/harry-reid-speech-donald-trump-stephen-bannon/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee0aa750359b8b1/6988ae9e97cdff860c6ae9c5/harry-reid.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee0aa750359b8b1/6988ae9e97cdff860c6ae9c5/harry-reid.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Democrats","caption":"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Democrats","creditText":"Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4572395/harry-reid-speech-donald-trump-stephen-bannon/","name":"Read Harry Reid's Speech Calling on Donald Trump to Rescind Stephen Bannon's Appointment"}}]}] ```