Ex-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor swept out by the Tea Party-backed Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) is now on the attack against it and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, saying voters have an unrealistic expectation from a Republican majority in Congress and Trump is absolutely not a credible presidential nominee for the GOP.
Heres where I think a lot of the anger and furry is coming from, go back to what I said before that somewhere along the line expectations became Republicans with the majority in the House could somehow change the law without having the president agree to their demands, Cantor said in an interview with HARDtalks Stephen Sackur.
This is when the so-called radicals were out there demanding a shutdown, or default in the federal debt, and so if Republicans are seen and portrayed to have not delivered on what they said they would have, which is again an untrue statement, then Donald Trump is an outsider along with Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson theyre outsiders, Cantor said, in trying to reason why the outsiders are resignation with voters.
Somebody like Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina, theyll say, well, it wasnt me, so they go in and benefit, Cantor added.
He is an unbelievable marketer, Cantor said of Trump, calling him a salesman.
But, if you look at wand you know what he said? Hes going to get the Mexican government to pay for it, you know thats hogwash. Thats not going to happen, but people like to hear that.hat hes selling, hell sit here and promise that hes going to build a wall across the thousands of miles of the southern border with Mexico
When you have the out party, which the Republican Party has been outside the White House for almost eight years and you have an open seat so theres no Democratic incumbent when you have that situation, voters tend to be angry. Theyre super angry, Cantor added.
History has shown that as we actually get closer to when people go in the first ballot booth, which is not until the end of January, beginning of February in Iowa, so were four months away from that happening, Cantor said, when asked about Trump leading in all of the polls with a high percentage. The voters do take it upon themselves as a very solemn duty when they begin to decide who they want to be president. So, were going through the early silly season still.
Its not such an early silly season its mid-season silliness now, Sackur challenged.
But Cantor denied its mid-season, saying, No because you still got four months until you get to Iowa.
Poster Comment:
Surprise surprise. Yet another "Israel First" type comes out against Trump.