Rand Paul and Harry Reid Have ‘Very Warm Personal Relations’

Despite the deep partisan divide we see in Washington, D.C., on a daily basis, it’s often interesting to step back and realize these lawmakers are human beings who form relationships independent of their politics.

In this very space, we once remarked upon an astonishingly kind essay President Obama wrote about his “good friend” Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), best known for his staunch conservatism and willingness to vote “No” on most bills.

And today, we witness another unlikely friendship: That of Sens. Rand Paul and Harry Reid.

In an interview earlier this afternoon with CNBC, Rand explained how his bill that would pay for highways, bridges with repatriated taxes has garnered bipartisan support, including from his own party’s biggest opponent in the Senate Majority Leader Reid.

That pairing struck host Sara Eisen as particularly odd, and after she pointed that out, Sen. Paul explained:

Senator Reid and I actually have very warm personal relations and we’ve been meeting informally for months, both us and staff, to try and do something good for America. […] I’m a glass-half-full kind of guy. I like Harry Reid personally. I’m working hard with him.

This isn’t the first time they’ve praised one another. Last year, Reid confessed that he has “grown to like” Paul.

Watch below, via CNBC:

[h/t Charlie Spiering]

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