and, convert or be executed? die by the sword. that is the very evil isis issuing a terrifying ultimatum to thousands of iraqi christians it is religious cleansing. it s evil. it is genocide. the latest next.
die by the sword. the threat forcing thousands of christians to flea iraq. kathleen herrige joins us. just genocide? what we know from the u.n. based on their data hundreds of families in northern iraq have been affected and have left the area. the reports we see coming out of that region as people leave they are being stopped by armed militants at checkpoints and then being asked to give over all a of their belongings, many of them just in plastic bags that s all they can carry. they are leaving everything behind here. what isis is doing is that they are erasing these people from the landscape. some of these feel have been living in northern iraq since the time of christ some 2,000 years. crime in the eyes of identifies. they are in the eyes of eye sis is they are christians? that s horrible. one of the images we have seen out of iraq is the house of a christian family who has departed. you can see that across it
up. sharing with the washington post that cantor had 62% to 28%. how could that poll have been so wrong, mark preston? i ve been on the phone all night talking to washington and virginia. they are laying the blame not only at eric cantor but at his political consultants. to your point, eric cantor wasn t tending to business back home. as one operative said to me a short time ago be it is difficult to be in the leadership at the same time representing your district. i think that s where we saw with eric cantor. he was trying to have it both ways. only a couple years ago, cantor was seen as the voice, so to speak, for the tea party within the leadership. the last couple years he seemed to be moderating his views a little bit. as someone said tonight, you can t have it both ways. live by the swortd, die by the sword. tonight eric cantor died by the sword. i want you to hear what eric
wrong? well, you know, it s interesting. i ve been on the phone all night talking to political operatives and really they re laying the blame not only at eric cantor but his political consultant. eric cantor wasn t tending to business back home. and as one operative said to me a short time ago, it s very difficult to be in the leadership at the same time representing your district. and i think that s kind of what we saw with eric cantor. he was trying to have it both ways. it was only just a couple years ago that eric cantor was seen as the voice so to speak for the tea party within the leadership. he seemed to have been mod rating his views a little bit. and as someone said tonight, you can t have it both ways. live by the sword, die by the sword. tonight he died by the sword. listen to what eric cantor had to say tonight after his loss. and then we ll talk. sure. but i believe in this country. i believe there s opportunity
let me finish tonight with this. the single concern i have about the right wing weighing down the republican party as it s doing in virginia is it makes it too easy for the democrats. they don t have to try hard to win the center. otherwise, i take a live by the sword, die by the sword attitude towards the republicans. if candidates are ready to go running off to the fringe to run primaries, they should have to carry all of that baggage on their backs come november. if c uchlt ccinelli is willing to run so far right, if the party is nutty enough to run that character they put up as lieutenant governor, let them reap the whirlwind. most people will vote democratic to avoid voting for the fringe. so be it. that s hardball for now. politicsnation with al sharpton starts right now. thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight s lead, news on the