Posted on 06/10/2014 5:14:03 PM PDT by cotton1706
RICHMOND, Va. — Dave Brat, a local economics professor, toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Tuesday night in the most shocking primary defeat since Republicans took the House in 2010.
The conservative challenger’s victory halts one of the most meteoric rises in national politics, and illustrates the strong anti-incumbent fever that has taken over Cantor’s Richmond-area district. Cantor is the second House incumbent to lose this primary season — Texas GOP incumbent Ralph Hall was defeated by a tea-party backed challenger at the end of May.
Cantor’s defeat not only reorders Virginia politics, where Cantor was the highest-ranking Republican, but it completely throws the House Republican leadership into flux. Cantor, 51, was long seen as the next speaker of the House after John Boehner retires.
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IMHO Thad is next...
Good.
But...But....the Tea Party is Dead!
This Can’t Be
Amnesty bites RINO.
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
Cantor pissed off his base and now he is set packing. The’re at least 400 other seats in both houses that would benefit from this outcome.
DEATH TO THE GOP…! >:(
GOOD!!! Cantor deserves what he gets for supporting amnesty for cockroaches. I am not familiar with Brat because I don’t live in Virginia but I am rooting for him to win in November
OMG! Is this true....is it done???!!!!
I wondered if this might be a possibility for Cantor, just like that schmuck up in Alaska did a couple of years ago.
MAY
ZINGGGGGGGGG!!
Hello,
This is GREAT! WOW!! Can you say “a change in the wind....”
In shock, but loving it,
MOgirl
January 19, 1807
Still want to push immigration, Boner?
just learned this from Bill O. show...
GREAT NEWS...THE GOP NEEDS TO WAKE THE HELL UP...WE ARE TIRED OF KISSING THE BUTTS OF DEMOCRATS...
AND I’VE BEEN A VOTING REPUBLICAN ALL MY LIFE OF 71 YEARS.BUT HAVE GOTTEN TOTALLY FED UP WITH THE GOP....
WAKE UP VOTERS...REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER AND FLIP THE SENATE
Bwaahaahaahaahaaahahaaaa
He placed himself on the side of amnesty right when the pictures of the border came in and shocked everyone.
Good win - no, GREAT win.
Take note, politicians.
BRAT IS A SOLID CONSERVATIVE!!!
Dear Lord,
Don’t let this be a joke, satire, or premature. Let this be the honest truth. I give thanks to You, Lord, and ask a blessing on all those who went out to vote tonight.
Cantor and his fellow RINOs kept pushing the lie that “immigration reform” was a priority issue for the voters. Well, Eric, it sure was today! LMAO!!!
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