Ari Fleischer: ‘Cantor loss likely means no way immigration reform proceeds’

Posted at 10:04 pm on June 10, 2014 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments

Ari Fleischer ✔ @AriFleischer Follow Cantor loss likely means no way immigration reform proceeds this summer. Rank and file, already uneasy, won't go for it.
9:40 PM - 10 Jun 2014


Immigration was a major issue in Dave Brat’s successful campaign against House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Specifically, Cantor supports amnesty; Brat opposes it. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer says Brat’s victory tonight ensures “immigration reform” (by which he means amnesty, though he doesn’t call it that) is dead in the water.
PowerLine agrees:
Cantor’s defeat is all about immigration. A vast gulf has opened up between certain Republican leaders, like Cantor and Paul Ryan, who seemingly are doing the bidding of corporate interests that would like to drive down wages, and the Republican rank and file.
So does The New Republic:
The immediate policy implications of this are clear: Immigration reform is completely dead. It was a very longshot before Tuesday night. Now, it’s 100 percent over. Cantor’s loss shows how toxic the subject is for any incumbent Republican.
And Miami Herald political writer Marc Caputo:
The No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House is a goner.
And amid the ashes of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking defeat Tuesday, comprehensive immigration reform smolders.
And countless others on both Left and Right:

Benjy Sarlin ✔ @BenjySarlin Follow
Cantor losing makes immigration reform seem near impossible this year -- there will be a panic after this
8:13 PM - 10 Jun 2014



Andrew Sullivan @sullydish Follow
Does Cantor's loss completely end the chance of immigration reform in this Congress? Surely it has: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/06/10/the-best-of-the-dish-today-178/ …
9:24 PM - 10 Jun 2014
The Best Of The Dish Today

Thank you! "@Buddy743: After watching your rally with Dave Brat at Randolph Macon we voted for Brat today! Fingers crossed!" --LI— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 10, 2014 Draf...

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Benjy Sarlin ✔ @BenjySarlin Follow
Cantor losing makes immigration reform seem near impossible this year -- there will be a panic after this
8:13 PM - 10 Jun 2014



Nina Easton @NinaEaston Follow
Cantor loss will be analyzed every which way but those R's who engage immigration reform must be seen at risk.
8:11 PM - 10 Jun 2014



Chris @forewit Follow
All the Democrats cheering Eric Cantor's primary results should realize this means immigration reform is essentially dead.
7:51 PM - 10 Jun 2014



Erick Erickson ✔ @EWErickson Follow
If Cantor goes down, so does immigration reform.



Amnesty supporters are spinning. Hard:

Ana Navarro @ananavarro Follow
Some media reading Cantor defeat as all about immigration. Huh? He wasn't for immigration. He wasn't against it. He was on undefined fence
8:29 PM - 10 Jun 2014



Dan Pfeiffer ✔ @pfeiffer44 Follow

Cantor's problem wasn't his position on immigration reform, it was his lack of a position. Graham wrote and passed a bill and is winning big
9:08 PM - 10 Jun 2014


JORGE RAMOS ✔ @jorgeramosnews Follow

Even Cantor with an anti-immigrant position lost for not being extreme enough. Bad news for immigration reform and for the GOP in 2016
9:03 PM - 10 Jun 2014

“Anti-immigrant”? Cantor? Um…

Cantor relentneess in push for amnesty for illegal alien youth
Days from primary, Eric Cantor poses as anti-amnesty warrior
Democratic amnesty fan Luis Gutierrez helping Eric Cantor get reelected in order to protect immigration reform

Bless their Open Borders hearts.

Related:
‘Truly stunned’: Eric Cantor getting clobbered in Virginia; Dave Brat shows early lead; Update: Brat takes it
Left pivots from ‘Tea Party is dead’ to ‘Tea Party hates Jews’ after Cantor loses
Eric Cantor’s awesomely accurate internal poll had him up 34 points over Dave Brat
 Editor’s note: This post was edited to correct the name of Miami Herald political writer Marc (not Eric) Caputo. Twitchy regrets the error.


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