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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"12 things to know about Dave Brat, the man who took down Eric Cantor"
12 things to know about Dave Brat, the man who took down Eric CantorUpdated by Andrew Prokop at Vox
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/10/5798702/things-to-know-about-dave-brat-the-man-who-took-down-eric-cantor
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1) Brat was running as an anti-immigration hardliner. "The central policy issue in this race has become Cantor's absolute determination to pass an amnesty bill," Brat told Breitbart News days ago. "Cantor is the No. 1 cheerleader in Congress for amnesty." He indicated that Cantor was partly responsible for the child migrant crisis, because he had indicated support for legislation that would have legalized the status of unauthorized children. "Once you announced that kids are welcome, they're going to head in," Brat said. Cantor responded to Brat's accusation by sending out his own anti-amnesty campaign literature:
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2) Brat co-authored an analysis of Ayn Rand. According to his CV, Brat co-wrote and presented "An Analysis of the Moral Foundations in Ayn Rand" in 2010. "Brat says that while he isn't a Randian, he has been influenced by 'Atlas Shrugged' and appreciates Rand's case for human freedom and free markets," Betsy Woodruff wrote in the National Review.
"He had school stuff to take care of. It's the week before finals."
3) Brat cancelled key meetings with conservative outside groups because of exams. Past successful conservative primary challengers have relied on support from well-funded outside groups. But when Brat was supposed to travel to DC and attend both Grover Norquist's breakfast with conserative activists and a similar lunch named after the late operative Paul Weyrich, he had to cancel at the last minute. His campaign manager told the Washington Post's Robert Costa, "He had school stuff to take care of. It's the week before finals."
4) Cantor raised 25 times as much money as Brat did. The House Majority Leader raised nearly $5.5 million in this election cycle, according to OpenSecrets. But Brat raised a mere $206,000, according to the most recent reports. Cantor's campaign spent over $168,000 just at steakhouses which appears to be more than Brat spent on his entire campaign.
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"12 things to know about Dave Brat, the man who took down Eric Cantor" (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2014
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(13,577 posts)1. "Cantor raised 25 times as much money as Brat did"
4) Cantor raised 25 times as much money as Brat did. The House Majority Leader raised nearly $5.5 million in this election cycle, according to OpenSecrets. But Brat raised a mere $206,000, according to the most recent reports. Cantor's campaign spent over $168,000 just at steakhouses which appears to be more than Brat spent on his entire campaign.
That, of course, doesn't include the millions of dollars worth of free Brat advertising paid for by the Koch brothers via the RW Wurlitzer that is talk radio.
underpants
(182,585 posts)2. 2 things you should know about Randolph-Macon
1. It is located in Ashland Va (north of Richmond) and the locals openly call "The Center of the Universe"
2. R-M has traditionally been where the private school potheads that smoke away their chance to get into UVa or Hampden-Sydney end up