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The list of politicians who think that Dan Snyder should change the name of the Washington football team has just gotten a little longer. In an interview with The Hill magazine, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he thinks the team should change their name.

“I think [Snyder] is so shortsighted on this,” Reid told the magazine, “we live in a society where you can’t denigrate a race of people. And that’s what that is. I mean, you can’t have the Washington Blackskins. I think it’s so shortsighted.” Reid joins a growing list of politicians—including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Barack Obama, and the D.C. Council (who passed a resolution on the matter this year)—who also think the team’s name is offensive and should be changed.

While the team has been struggling on the field, the controversy over their name has been particularly heated this season, with numerous groups launching weekly protests and speaking out against Snyder’s insistence that he’ll “NEVER” change the team’s name. Before the season started, the Oneida Indian Nation launched a massive radio campaign calling for Snyder to change the team’s name.

“I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to Senate Majority Leader Reid for speaking out boldly against racial intolerance and bigotry,”Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said in a release. “On behalf of the Oneida Indian Nation and the Change the Mascot campaign, I thank Senator Reid for opposing the R-word and standing up for what is right. Demands for change from America’s top leaders give energy to our Change the Mascot movement, and they inspire us to push ahead with our calls for the Washington team and the NFL to finally place themselves on the right side of history.”