via AP
Cantor's defeat throws a monkey wrench into those schemes. The first step to save America happened tonight and I couldn't be happier.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia's Republican primary, a stunning upset and major victory for the tea party.Cantor and Republican leadership were plotting to pass an amnesty bill late this summer. What that would have done to our nation is incalculable.
Cantor is the second-most powerful member of the U.S. House and was seen by some as a possible successor to the House speaker.
His loss to Dave Brat, a political novice with little money marks a huge victory for the tea party movement, which supported Cantor just a few years ago.
Cantor's defeat throws a monkey wrench into those schemes. The first step to save America happened tonight and I couldn't be happier.