Cantor faces tea party fury in his back yard [2014]

Just a few miles from his family home, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) felt the wrath of the tea party Saturday, when activists in his congressional district booed and heckled the second-most powerful House Republican.

“When I sit here and I listen to Mr. Brat speak I hear the inaccuracies — my family’s here.” Cantor said. As he was interrupted by the raucous crowd, Cantor’s anger was evident: “That’s enough — we are a country of free speech, so decency’s also part of this.”

“It is easy to sit in the rarified environs of academia, in the ivory towers of a college campus with no accountability and no consequence. When you throw stones,” Cantor said, “you throw stones at all of us who are working every day to make a difference.”

Then-House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-Va), was considered untouchable and inevitable. Here's how it went down---the defeat of Boehner's right hand man--Eric Cantor.

<><> the showboating Cantor had tons of money---spent 26X times his opponent's $100K.

<><> Cantor consistently polled an astounding 34 points ahead of his unknown opponent.

<><> Cantor was considered "inevitable" and "untouchable".

<><> Cantor had no ethics problems.

<><> Cantor sucked-up to an anti-tea party group.

<><> Cantor sucked up to the latino vote.

<><> Cantor showboated his leadership---was deeply into (gag) "diversity."

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BY CONTRAST CANTOR'S PRIMARY OPPONENT:

<><> Brat ran as Cantor's TERM LIMIT

<><> Brat roundly opposed, and was vociferous against amnesty.

<><> Brat ran as a staunch conservative (now in Congress he has a bonafide 100% conservative rating.)

<><> On election day, Brat got 18,000 more Repub out to the polls than the previous election that elected Cantor.

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CANTOR IN DEFEAT----DUMBFOUNDED:

HERE'S THE KICKER Cantor ran high-priced ads
delineating his opponent's "inferior" positions... but
voters liked what they heard and came out in droves for Brat.

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Cruz made no effort to help Brat in his uphill race against the show-boating insider......Cantor. No wonder not one Republican Senator his endorsed Cruz.

And what difference did Cantor's defeat make?

None whatever.

Cantor's hard Left immigration policies were the central cause of his defeat.

A few months later, House Republicans overwhelmingly voted to elect Kevin McCarthy to Cantor's old job.

At the time Kevin McCarthy was elected as the new Majority Leader, he had a F-minus immigration voting grade from the Conservative website Numbers USA!

OUsting Cantor did finally stop the Gang of 8 amnesty bill in the house. No thanks to Cruz. The reason we cannot change Washington is that the need for change is not seen as important as purity to this or that ideal. People are supporting Cruz, even though he cut a deal to not oppose any RINO candidates at the expense of conservatives in 2014. They do not see that electing Trump means real change not just changing one or two pictures.

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