on the leadership as majority leader. he was completely out of touch and i had several people call me. my parents still live there. a good friend of my parents was passionate about going to the polls and voting against cantor but she felt that david brat offered something refreshing on immigration. he was listening to the people in the riff monday area who are opposed to any kind of amnesty and i think frankly her response is indicative of how the people of richmond felt towards eric cantor. many people would laugh at eric
really? dumb and dumber to ? i was never really into that kind of humor. everyone else in america clearly is. all right. let s get to it. good morning on this wednesday. we re going to begin with the biggest political upset of the year. this one is a shocking loss for one of the nation s top republicans. virginia lawmaker eric cantor upset by a little-known tea party candidate. abc s karen travers is in washington with more on what this loss means. reporter: it s a stunning upset, one of the biggest in political history. i know there s a lot of long faces here tonight. it s disappointing, sure. reporter: major leader, eric cantor, the second most powerful member of the house, was crushed by an unknown republican challenger. david brad was considered quite a long shot in his bid to take down cantor, who was seen by many as the next speaker of the
cantor for being what we would describe as a career politician. he served seven terms. it has become a club of men who get in there after a couple of terms. you know, as david, listen. let me finish. let me finish for a david brad said the votes, the people vote and dollars don t. at the end of the campaign season. 13 incumbents lost their seats in the house. 13. so far this cycle is about 60% of the way through.
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