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hrmjustin

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Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:20 PM Jun 2014

Bill de Blasio on Eric Cantor’s Downfall: ‘There is a Certain Irony There’

Ross Barkan

Mayor Bill de Blasio is not shedding tears about Congressman Eric Cantor’s startling defeat last night.

But the Democratic stalwart, who today knocked Mr. Cantor for “paralyzing” the federal government last year, is worried that the downfall of the Republican majority leader will mean an even more hostile environment for liberals and moderates in Washington.

“There is a certain irony here, that a man who abetted the Tea Party now finds himself on the other end of the stick,” Mr. de Blasio told the Observer at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn. “There is a a cautionary tale in Mr. Cantor’s career.”

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/06/bill-de-blasio-on-eric-cantors-downfall-there-is-a-certain-irony-there/#ixzz34N78NZth

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Bill de Blasio on Eric Cantor’s Downfall: ‘There is a Certain Irony There’ (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
It is inevitable the teaparty will attack America full force now randys1 Jun 2014 #1
Their hatred knows no end. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
Pete King: Cantor’s loss is bad for New York hrmjustin Jun 2014 #3
Rep. Israel: Cantor's loss will hurt New York GOP hrmjustin Jun 2014 #4
Richard Brodsky: Voters can't be ignored hrmjustin Jun 2014 #5

randys1

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1. It is inevitable the teaparty will attack America full force now
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:32 PM
Jun 2014

As we know their platform is as follows:

We the American Teaparty agree that our main agenda is to express hate for the following groups:

Latino's
Gays
African Americans
Muslims
Asians
Jewish
American Indians
Canadians
Mexicans
Costa Rican's
Guatemalan's
Brazilians
Ukrainians
Nigerians
Egyptians
Moroccans
and a few thousand more

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