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RICHMOND As if the political drama were not powerful enough, chaos erupted at the election night headquarters shortly after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor conceded his stunning defeat to tea party backed conservative David Brat.
Cantor addressed his supporters for about four minutes at a suburban Richmond hotel ballroom, then boarded SUV without taking questions from supporters scurrying after him.
Then it got really rambunctious. In the room of downcast Cantor supporters, a new energy suddenly erupted but not the kind they wanted election night. A group of immigration activists stormed the ballroom, screaming and waving a flag. What do we want? Immigration reform! When do we want it? Now!
A few Cantor supporters tried to block their entrance into the ballroom, and pushing and shoving ensued. And before they reached the microphone, one Cantor supporter threw his glass of wine onto a female protestor. She swore at him in return.
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Takket
(21,550 posts)stranger81
(2,345 posts)Johnny Storm!
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Takket
(21,550 posts)if cantor supported reform, why did the protesters show up at his HQ? And why would his supporters be trying to block them protesters instead of embracing them?
Cha
(297,048 posts)wanted something he was all for it.
Takket
(21,550 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)after the teabaggers went ballistic. He's since claimed he doesn't support immigration reform.
Brat's primary charge against Cantor was that Cantor supported immigration reform, however it's not clear yet that immigration was the issue that cost him his seat. There was a variety of complaints against Cantor.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)Dude did whatever he could for political expedience. No real sincerity there.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)asking.
Cha
(297,048 posts)Blue Owl
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davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Coming soon, the way off Broadway version staring Karl Rove.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Ilsa
(61,691 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Anyone remember his name?
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)He lost a lot of support from being such a milquetoast for Bushco.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,815 posts)had nothing to do with his being a "milquetoast" for Bush; in fact, his winning opponent was, and remains, far more dangerously RW idiotic than Daschle was or ever would be. He (John Thune) continues to demonstrate that every time he opens his stupid mouth and with every one of his horrendous votes.
As a South Dakotan, I know that his defeat was because he was seen as too "beltway", too beholden to D.C. and no longer connected with his state and his constituency (kinda like Cantor). Shortly before the election he made a statement to the effect that "Washington D.C. is my home", you can just imagine how well that went over in South Dakota.
central scrutinizer
(11,642 posts)That their credit cards and cell phones had just been canceled? That's what Mitt would have done.