Take That! Eric Cantor Loss A Rallying Point for Anti-Amnesty Patriots To Build Upon
Take That! Eric Cantor Loss A Rallying Point for Anti-Amnesty Patriots To Build Upon
Posted on 10 June, 2014 by Rick Wells
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In a stunning upset, the House Majority leader, Eric Cantor (R-VA) was relieved of his position by a vote of the people whose voices he has often ignored and dismissed as irrelevant. Now he is on the path to irrelevance himself.
A tea party candidate, economics professor David Brat was the one to deliver the knockout blow, in spite of an underfunded campaign and being outspent 5-to-1.
The Associated Press reports that Brat’s defeat of Cantor shocked the political establishment. That understatement may be indicative of the degree with which the establishment elites felt immune from accountability.
Cantor’s insistence upon representing the interests of illegal aliens and their Chamber of Commerce backers over his constituents had consequences. Not only did it cost him his office, but this event may have been the wake-up call to similar amnesty proponents telling them, “do so at your own peril.”
Cantor, as House Majority Leader, was the second-most powerful member of the U.S. House and had been identified as a likely successor to Speaker John Boehner. We can entertain some optimism that Boehner may take note of what can happen as a result of unresponsive leadership. Though he has already survived a primary challenge and likely secured his House seat, there is no guarantee that he will remain speaker.
The Brat campaign labeled Cantor as a DC insider who was not a true conservative and who no longer represented the will of the people. The vote on Tuesday seems to have validated those assertions.
Cantor had incited angst among his constituents by parsing words rather than leading opposition to illegal alien amnesty, aligning himself with the Obama regime in seeking ways to wiggle amnesty through the House opposition. He was expected to take a strong pro-amnesty tack once his primary challenge had been dispatched. Lame-duck shenanigans aside, that is now unlikely.
Sneering, out-of-touch incumbents who feel they can act with impunity on behalf of those who finance their campaigns and lifestyle rather than those they took an oath to represent should be paying attention. Are you watching, Paul Ryan?
This is a great event for liberty and for the citizens of America. We still have a fighting chance. The video below shows just how unpopular and dismissive Cantor had become in the days leading up to his defeat as he was roundly booed at the 7th district Republican convention.
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