Don’t Blame the Tea Party for Eric Cantor’s Loss

Don’t Blame the Tea Party for Eric Cantor’s Loss

Many will chalk up House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s surprise primary defeat to the tea party. But there was no national tea-party presence or spending in the contest, though conservative radio host Laura Ingraham did appear in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District last week on behalf of challenger David Brat and suggested tongue-in-cheek that the president should have traded Rep. Cantor for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl instead of five Taliban leaders.
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