This post has been updated.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Sunday said he would vote for Dave Brat, the Tea Partier who ousted him in last week’s primary election
“I want a Republican to hold this seat, of course, of course. This is about making sure we have a strong Republican majority in the House, I’m hoping we’ll take it in the Senate as well,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked by Dana Bash whether he would vote for Brat.
Cantor also defended his stance on immigration reform after some attributed his shocking primary loss to his confusing position on the issue.
“My position on immigration has not changed,” he said when Bash asked him if his position was wishy-washy.
Cantor said that he supports a path to citizenship for undocumented children but does not for all undocumented immigrants.
“I believe it’s the right one,” he said about his stance on amnesty. “I know that can make a lot of people mad on both sides.”
But he said that both parties need to “focus on the things we agree on” when it comes to immigration reform.
When Bash asked the Majority Leader what he thought cost him his primary, he said that “not any one thing” pushed voters to vote for Brat.
Bash also asked Cantor, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, whether his faith may have had something to do with his loss.
“I don’t even want to impute that to anybody,” he responded.
Oh. OK.
Now he trots out the conciliatory assh^le Eric Cantor persona.
That’s somewhat different.
Guess he is angling for Priebus’ job.
jw1
He stuck to his “talking points” and really didn’t answer any of her questions. Maybe that’s why he lost - nobody really knows where he stands on anything. I guess being against the President on everything isn’t enough!
Good call, Eric! Because the 'baggers who DID vote against you because you’re Jewish will simply scream, “YOU’RE the racist, Cantor! YOU’RE the one who used the ‘race card’ – NOT US! And YOU’RE the racist for CALLING US RACIST!” Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera…
From the beginning of the Obama administration, Cantor was in the lead in directing an obstructionist Congress.
He stonewalled Obama’s 2011 handshake deal with Speaker Boehner on cutting spending, which led to the doomed Supercommittee and across-the-board sequestration.
His plan to use the debt ceiling talks as a hostage negotiation ploy led to the country losing its triple-A credit rating for the first time in its history.
Speaking only for myself, Cantor will not be missed…
No one cares what Cantor thinks but Cantor.You lost plain and simple.I see they still want this losers opinion.