Economics professor Dave Brat crushed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary Tuesday night, in a campaign that was mostly about Cantor’s supporting Amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens.This marks the first time a U.S. House majority leader has ever lost a primary election. His crushing defeat reinforces a central point: Whenever the voters know an election is about immigration, they will always vote against more immigration—especially Amnesty.
Cantor spent more than $5 million on his campaign. Brat spent less than $150,000. But Brat made the election about Cantor’s support for Amnesty, so he won.
The pro-Amnesty crowd–i.e., everyone except the American people–promptly lost its collective mind. The Amnesty shills went on the attack, insisting that Cantor’s historic defeat had nothing to do amnesty. Brat’s triumph was touted as simply a victory for the “Tea Party.”
Of course, these are the same people who also try to persuade us that Amnesty isn’t “Amnesty,” illegal aliens aren’t “illegal aliens” (they’re “undocumented workers“!), and that there are 30 million jobs Americans won’t do at any price.
In fact, however, the Tea Party had nothing to do with Brat’s victory. Only the small, local Tea Party groups stand for anything anymore, but they’re as different from the Main Stream Media-recognized “Tea Party” as lay Catholics are from the Catholic bishops.
