--- title: Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges description: "Romney didn't win, did he?" canonical: https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-31T14:40:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:31.282Z article:section: Politics og:title: Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges og:description: "Romney didn't win, did he?" og:url: https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harry Reid og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges twitter:description: "Romney didn't win, did he?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges ## Video: Take a Tour of the Capital Dome and See Why It Needs Repair [Watch (HLS stream): Take a Tour of the Capital Dome and See Why It Needs Repair](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6zuady2c.m3u8) (2:32)  _Published 2013-12-20. With 1,300 cracks, the U.S. Capital Dome is long overdue for a touch-up._ by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Mar 31, 2015 2:40 PM UTC  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2015. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2015.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Mar 31, 2015 2:40 PM UTC Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has no regrets with falsely accusing Mitt Romney of paying zero taxes for ten years during the 2012 presidential elections. “So the word is out that he has not paid any taxes for ten years,” Reid said on the Senate floor in August 2012\. “Let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn’t.” Under criticism and repeated denials by Romney, Reid later put out a statement backed by an “[extremely credible source](http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/reid-extremely-credible-source-said-romney-didnt-pay-130987.html),” which turned out to be billionaire Jon Huntsman, Sr, the father of the former Utah governor and Romney rival, according to [_Double Down_](http://swampland.time.com/2013/11/04/book-opposition-research-drove-biggest-news-stories-of-2012-campaign/)by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann_._ PolitiFact rated Reid’s allegation “[Pants on Fire](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/06/harry-reid/harry-reid-says-anonymous-source-told-him-mitt-rom/).” When asked about his comments in [a new interview by CNN’s Dana Bash](http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/politics/harry-reid-retirement-senate-legacy/), Reid, who recently announced he would retire in 2017 after his term is up, rebuffed those who said his attacks were “McCarthyite.” “Well, they can call it whatever they want,” Reid said. “Romney didn’t win, did he?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/"},"headline":"Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges","datePublished":"2015-03-31T14:40:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:31.282Z","description":"\"Romney didn't win, did he?\"","url":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/","keywords":["Senate","mitt romney","Harry Reid"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harry Reid","caption":"Harry Reid","creditText":"Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP","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/senate/","name":"Senate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/","name":"Harry Reid: No Regrets Over False Romney Charges"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Take a Tour of the Capital Dome and See Why It Needs Repair","description":"With 1,300 cracks, the U.S. Capital Dome is long overdue for a touch-up.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6zuady2c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-12-20T16:46:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6zuady2c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/","duration":"PT2M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3765158/harry-reid-mitt-romney-no-taxes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```