Reid Turns on Obama: No Ground Zero Mosque

"You have to understand, these Nevadans cling to their guns and religion."

Harry Reid has turned on Barack Obama.

Without using any racial epithets, Harry Reid has made it clear that he does not support President Obama’s current position on the ground Zero Mosque.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said an Islamic center shouldn’t be built near the site of the 9/11 attacks.

Reid, who is locked in a tough reelection campaign, broke with President Obama in calling for the New York center to be built somewhere else. Obama on Friday endorsed the right of a group to build the center, which includes a prayer space, near Ground Zero.

“The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,” Reid spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. “Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built someplace else.“

Reid is the most senior Democrat to publicly oppose the Ground Zero Mosque, but considering the polling numbers and the proximity of the November elections, expect many other Democrats to come out in opposition to the Mosque.