>> definitely as a result of this. everything is dead, i think, as far as this, i think, budget reform, tax reform, and certainly immigration is dead at this point in time. >> it was only a matter of minutes, minutes, literally, until everyone started citing immigration as the cause of house majority eric cantor's downfall. in the last few days, images of undocumented, unaccompanied minors detained at the border and now being held in special facilities like this one in nogales, arizona, have created a media storm. it's a humanitarian crisis the drudge report has blown up into a full right-wing panic. and which david brat himself, citing drudge, used against cantor, right up to election day. >> drudge, it's at the top of the drudge news story right now. 100,000 kids, and the kids themselves have said, we've heard there's a kids act. well, eric cantor is the author of the kids act. so if you want open borders, vote for eric cantor, because he's opening the borders. >> those kind of attacks prompted response from cantor, who insisted on his own immigration street cred, and put