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Harry Reid has had some harsh words for Ted Cruz recently — calling him a “schoolyard bully” and “the very junior senator from Texas” — and now Cruz has taken to the Senate floor to get back at Reid.

“Today, Leader Reid continued his demonstration of civility, referring to me as the — quote — ‘very junior senator from Texas,’” Cruz said, tongue firmly in cheek. “Setting aside the irony of calling someone a bully and then shouting them down when they attempt to respond, today I wish simply to commend my friend from Nevada for his candor,” he added.