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Tea party rejoicing at Cantor's defeat
Yahoo News (AP) ^ | 6/11/2014 | DAVID ESPO

Posted on 06/11/2014 6:46:19 AM PDT by South40

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican tea party forces are rejoicing and the party establishment is somber or altogether silent in the wake of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary defeat at the hands of political neophyte David Brat, an unflinching foe of loosening immigration laws.

Speaker John Boehner praised Cantor as "a good friend and a great leader, and someone I've come to rely upon on a daily basis" in a statement that steered clear of the issue that Brat put at the center of his campaign and has divided the party for years.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: davebrat; ericcantor; gopestablishment; johnboehner; ohio; virginia
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To: South40

41 posted on 06/11/2014 8:42:51 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: South40

They can’t be rejoicing. The lamestream media has already pronounced the Tea Party dead.


42 posted on 06/11/2014 8:55:57 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Vigilanteman

DITTO!


43 posted on 06/11/2014 9:04:18 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: South40

Snoopy doing his dance
https://mayajune98.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/snoopy_happy_dance.jpg


44 posted on 06/11/2014 11:06:33 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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