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If you're going to be against it, be against it and explain it, but don't try to have it both ways. voters really dislike someone they can't trust. >> i think that's a lesson that politicians on both sides of the aisle mostly have learned. the reason cantor lost is so surprising, that most of these republican politicians who have base problems, who have concerns with some conservative voters about whether they're conservative enough, they've mostly been able to make that sale. if you look at john boehner who's been much more consistent than cantor was, who's done more things that should have a...

A big issu the primary, andt who ended up winning, the tea party advocate, he said that cantor's support of a modified dream act that would have provided some path to legalization for some of the young people who are brought here illegally as children, he says that was am nature. congressman walden as the man in charge of getting more republicans elected to the house of representatives, do you worry about this hispanic vote and that the republican party will, really, offer nothing to hispanic as you heads into the election? >> well, first of all, i think, again, you have to go back and do a re...

Politically speaking the congress doesn't act this summer, the president takes executive action this fall and then that becomes the big rallying cry on the right, oh, that's a terrible overreach by the president. and i wonder if the republican party has to lose another national election before the republican party changes. >> or loses all of them. >> quickly. >> the first thing that ros-lehtinen said as soon as cantor lost, people that are saying that immigration reform is dead are dead wrong, there are leaders in congress who pointed to cantor as the big problem to reform. >> i don't see how ...

Congress in the 7th district of virginia, effective july 31st, i will be stepping down as majority leader. it is with great humility i do so, knowing the tremendous honor it has been to hold this position. >> eric cantor outraised and outspent his virtually unknown tea party challenge they're nobody thought would win. this was just a congressional primary. but cantor lost. what does this mean for the future of the gop? joining me now republican congressman peter king. congressman, this is a pretty shocking story. this has got to -- did this just shock you when you heard it? >> it shocked me. i...

Immigration bill who didn't, but getting beaten by people because they're angry about the bill coming up at some time. the way it was conveyed wasn't that he was bringing up the bill tomorrow, but that he was a tool of the timber of commerce. that means a lot of things. brat ran to frame everything as populism, americans first, job creation on main street versus the interests of big republican business. that might not sound come here to democrats watching this with amazement, but one of the reasons cantor lost is because in addition to being seen as too close to the chamber, he was a close and...