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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They can’t be rejoicing. The lamestream media has already pronounced the Tea Party dead.
DITTO!
Snoopy doing his dance
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