Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), who is in a tight runoff of the Republican primary for Senate in Mississippi, seems to not have known that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) was defeated in his GOP primary by primary challenger David Brat.
In an interview with Fox News, Cochran, who’s being challenged by state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS), was asked if he was worried about his own chances after Cantor’s defeat.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, what happened in Virginia?” Cochran said.
“With Eric Cantor losing his seat,” Fox News said.
“Well I haven’t really followed that campaign very closely at all,” Cochran said.
Fox News then asked if Cochran was saying he had no comment on the outcome.
“No, I didn’t make a comment. You asked me what happened. I don’t know. I didn’t follow that campaign very closely,” Cochran said.
When Fox News told Cochran that Cantor also stepped down as majority leader Cochran said that lawmakers aren’t guaranteed re-election.
“Yeah well it happens. Uh, you know, members of Congress — some win, some lose,” Cochran said. “It’s not an automatic proposition that you get reelected just because you’ve done a good job. Voters make their own decisions and I respect their judgment.”
In a different interview a day earlier, Cochran more directly addressed the Virginia primary when asked about Cantor’s defeat.
“That’s politics,” Cochran told Mississippi’s WAPT.
“I think there was a lot of surprise everywhere on the size of the victory and the fact that the leader couldn’t defend his service in Congress,” Cochran said. “So what else is new in politics? Some people win, some people lose.”
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This post was updated.
Stick a fork in Cochran.
There is no way even that dickhead is THAT clueless.
Good god. No wonder he can’t seem to get ahead of McDaniels. The guy is just clueless.
First:
“Golly Gee, don’t you think it’s odd that my opponent is connected to two break ins? If only someone would call him on it… Oh well."
Then:
“What’s that you say? The Republican House Majority Leader lost his seat in a primary upset three days ago? Well, I don’t really follow politics."
Time to wake up and sack up Cochran. Losing is bad enough, but try to at least look like you’ve got a passing interest in winning!
Excellent way to convince primary voters you’re up for another six years in the Senate, Thad.
Republican officeholders seem to come in three flavors: Corporate stooge, wingnut crazy and now, clueless seat warmer.
Hah. Yeah, some win, some lose. This guy is gonna lose. Clearly he’s playing dumb…All the more reason he should just hang it up. More dumb Republican Senators is not what this country needs. We have far too many of them already.