House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost in a massive upset to primary challenger David Brat.
Brat accused Eric Cantor — who hinted that he might support a compromise that would allow undocumented immigrants to stay in America — of being soft on immigration. He even dubbed Cantor "the number one Republican supporter of amnesty."
On hearing about Cantor's loss, anti-immigration conservatives took to Twitter to celebrate.
They declared "amnesty" very, very dead:
#Amnesty is dead, dead, dead. #VA07
Sadly, most politicians are too dumb to understand the message that was just sent to them about amnesty
They warned other Republicans to change their ways:
Hello @SpeakerBoehner, what is your stance on #amnesty now?
WHAT PART OF NO AMNESTY ARE YOU IDIOTS FAILING TO COMPREHEND? @SpeakerBoehner
Hmmm. Maybe the voters aren't clarmoring for amnesty ...
Let's see how hot Rubio will be for amnesty now....
Losers; Cantor GOP Establishment Amnesty Christie/Bush/Ryan/Rubio Media
Wait wasn't Eric cantor pushing for amnesty?? I totes thought that was a winning issue...
If you think supporting amnesty is politically expedient just ask Eric Canter....The Tea Party Lives!!!!
@Bobacheck Exaclty! I'll tell you one thing, I think that amnesty crap is now dead. Those GOP leaders better get the message!
#TeaParty 's purging the #GOP of estblishment losers has just begun.Cantor is out. #GOP estab AMNESTY is now dead all & its proponents #tcot
You push amnesty , you go down like Eric Cantor . You hear us , GOP establishment ? Damn right you do. #noamnesty
Amnesty is DOA- Dead on Arrival. GOP can no longer sell out its own voters & donors. Immigration was THE issue. Sellouts will learn a lesson
RINOs in particular:
#RINOs running scared...a stampede as they run from #amnesty
Rinos shut the hell up. The people have spoken we do not want amnesty.
Why won't the #RINOs listen we r fed up. You work for us not #illegalimmigrant's
Run for the border, RINOs.
And a few took it a bit further:
hey ryan can you figure out yet America wants real conservative leadership not amnesty. now get these cockroaches back across the border