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In case you haven’t heard yet, Representative Eric Cantor (r), the number two republican in the House leadership, lost his primary to a teabagger:
State of Virginia Results
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Unofficial Results – Primary Election – June 10, 2014Precincts Reporting 242/243
Member House of Representatives – 7th District – Republican
David A. Brat 35,787 55.55%
Eric I. Cantor 28,631 45.45%Total Votes 64,418
On Twitter:
Robert Costa @costareports
it’s the biggest blow to the GOP establishment in years. Whole network of DC Rs have been wired into Cantor, prepping for when he got gavel 7:47 PM – 10 Jun 2014
That’s a feature, not a bug.
Taegan Goddard @politicalwire
This is easily one of the most stunning primary losses in U.S. political history [….] 7:49 PM – 10 Jun 2014
Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels
There is no length you can go to on your right to protect yourself, House Republicans, no show of opposition showy enough. So maybe govern? 7:51 PM – 10 Jun 2014
Heh.
Money, check. Polling, check. Voters, uh….
This result will pull all of perspective nominees for the Republican nomination to the far right.
They will be climbing over each other to show how crazy they are.
It will make anyone who gets the nomination unelectable.
They already were.