Hit the road jack! After being crushed in the GOP primary and despite being in Congress for over 14 years and being the GOP Majority leader, slimy Eric Cantor will step down from Congress for good on August 18th. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out you amnesty shill.
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Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) just couldn’t hold out.
Just months after a shocking primary loss to university professor Dave Brat, and only hours after he vacated his role as House Majority Leader, Cantor told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he would resign from Congress entirely on August 18.
The former Majority Leader asked his state’s Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to hold a special election to fill his seat on November 4 so that his successor can take office immediately rather than having to wait until January to be sworn in with the rest of the 114th Congress.
Cantor had pledged in the past to serve out the rest of his term, but he told the Times-Dispatch that his constituents would be better served by his resignation. “I want to make sure that the constituents in the 7th District will have a voice in what will be a very consequential lame-duck session,” Cantor said. Brat has confirmed that he intends to run in that special election.