stones [ boos ] when you throw stones at those of us who are working every day to make a difference. that was republican congressman at the time eric cantor of virginia. he was then the number two republican in congress, and he was nearly getting booed out of the ballroom at that richmond hilton. that took place in may of last year, and the people who were booing him, those were his own constituents. they were republicans in his own home district, the very same people who had sent him to congress for seven straight terms. that was supposed to be a very friendly crowd for him. instead it turned into something approaching a bit of a mob scene. and within a month eric cantor was out of a job. sent packing. this powerful, high-profile republican on the rise within the republican party, within american politics overall, eric cantor lost his seat. lost his seat to a political nobody whose name was brat.
inaccuracies. [ boos ] my family s here we are not a country of free speech. so decency s also part of this. [ applause ] i hear the inaccuracies. my wife and two of my kids are here. my mother and mother-in-law are here. they hear the falsehoods. but of course i m tempted to fight fire with fire. but instead let me just leave you with some thoughts. to think over. you know, first of all, it is easy to sit in the rarefied environs of academia, in the ivory towers of a college campus with no accountability and no consequence when you throw stones [ boos ] when you throw stones at those of us who are working every day to make a difference. that was republican congressman at the time eric cantor of virginia. he was then the number two republican in congress, and he was nearly getting booed out of the ballroom at that richmond hilton. that took place in may of last year, and the people who were booing him, those were his own constituents. they were republicans in his own ho
[ applause ] i hear the inaccuracies. my wife and two of my kids are here. my mother and mother-in-law are here. they hear the falsehoods. but of course i m tempted to fight fire with fire. but instead let me just leave you with some thoughts. to think over. you know, first of all, it is easy to sit in the rarefied environs of academia, in the ivory towers of a college campus with no accountability and no consequence when you throw stones [ boos ] when you throw stones at those of us who are working every day to make a difference. that was republican congressman at the time eric cantor of virginia. he was then the number two republican in congress, and he was nearly getting booed out of the ballroom at that richmond hilton. that took place in may of last year, and the people who were booing him, those were his own constituents. they were republicans in his own home district, the very same people who had sent him to congress for seven straight terms. that was supposed to
country of free speech. so decency s also part of this. [ applause ] i hear the inaccuracies. my wife and two of my kids are here. my mother and mother-in-law are here. they hear the falsehoods. but of course i m tempted to fight fire with fire. but instead let me just leave you with some thoughts. to think over. you know, first of all, it is easy to sit in the rarefied environs of academia, in the ivory towers of a college campus with no accountability and no consequence when you throw stones [ boos ] when you throw stones at those of us who are working every day to make a difference. that was republican congressman at the time eric cantor of virginia. he was then the number two republican in congress, and he was nearly getting booed out of the ballroom at that richmond hilton. that took place in may of last year, and the people who were booing him, those were his own constituents. they were republicans in his own home district, the very same people who had sent him to c
congressman at the time eric cantor of virginia. he was then the number two republican in congress, and he was nearly getting booed out of the ballroom at that richmond hilton. that took place in may of last year, and the people who were booing him, those were his own constituents. they were republicans in his own home district, the very same people who had sent him to congress for seven straight terms. that was supposed to be a very friendly crowd for him. instead it turned into something approaching a bit of a mob scene. and within a month eric cantor was out of a job. sent packing. this powerful, high-profile republican on the rise within the republican party, within american politics overall, eric cantor lost his seat. lost his seat to a political nobody whose name was brat. a local college professor named dave brat who had never been involved in electoral politics before. he beat eric cantor. this titan of republican politics. in eric cantor s home district.