Posted on 06/13/2014 9:13:31 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wasn't aware of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) historic primary loss in an interview on Thursday.
Asked by a Fox News interviewer whether “what happened in Virginia” concerns him in his own GOP primary runoff battle with state Sen. Chris McDaniel, Cochran replied, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?”
The interview clarified that Cantor lost “his seat,” and Cochran said that he hasn’t “really followed that campaign very closely at all."
“Really?” the interviewer asks with surprise.
“Really,” Cochran replies.
Cantor’s loss in his primary to an underfunded, largely unknown economics professor shocked the political world Tuesday night and emboldened conservative challengers across the nation — including McDaniel — who saw it as evidence that the grassroots are energized and an anti-incumbent wave is building.
It was the first time in history a sitting majority leader has lost his primary, and the loss threw House leadership into chaos this week as the GOP scrambles to choose a replacement for Cantor as majority leader.
But Cochran exhibited no knowledge, even, of Cantor’s position in leadership and the significance of his defeat. Offering to comment on the loss, despite admittedly not having paid much attention to the race, Cochran gave a generic remark about members of Congress losing reelection.
“Well that happens. Members of Congress, some win, some lose. It’s not an automatic proposition that you get reelected just because you’ve done a good job. Voters make their own decisions, and I respect their judgment,” he said.
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This is YOUR business!! You're supposed to know what's going on!!
Alzheimer’s?
He found out about it on the evening news.
Maybe I won't ex-patriate after all.
What a STUNNING lack of knowledge of what is happening in the Nation!! Absolutely stunning.
It’s comical. His defeat in a week and a half will be such a delight!
He could have retired. He SHOULD have retired. But McConnell and Barbour talked him into running again so he could resign and they could get an appointed stooge.
Instead, the PEOPLE will choose their OWN representative in the US Senate. And that frightens the hell out of them. That’s very telling.
Poor soul probably didn’t even know what day it was. If the reporter had asked him to name his favorite football team he’d probably say “Butterscotch”.
Lee surrendered. Catch up, Thad.
HAHAHAHAHA. That’s funny right there! I don’t care who you are!!
More like DILLIGAS
Probably the guy who told him he was up 23 points told him to answer the question like that.
What’s my name? Where am I? Eric who?
Lord, if this man has family, may they take him home before he, well,.... just, before.
Man, that puts him in line for the presidency.
It is clear Cochran has mental issues and is only a prop for Haley Barbour
and the GOPe’s. As such, he is unfit to serve. It also explains why his
campaign has been hiding him from debates and media.
He does have a wife, but he abandoned her in a Mississippi nursing home some years ago. Perhaps they can share a room.
I saw the video - I wonder if he has a bit of dementia. It seems clear from the video that he did not know that Cantor had lost, which in his position is really bizarre.
“It also explains why his
campaign has been hiding him from debates and media.”
Yup! McDaniel announced before they could choose a “successor” so they had to strong-arm an old man into running again. And now their despicable influence will be gone.
As Trent Lott has said “we don’t need any more Jim DeMint disciples in the Senate.”
Johnson, Ayotte, Rubio and Paul have all been co-opted but Cruz and Lee are standing strong and will attract more followers.
“Man, that puts him in line for the presidency.”
Why do you say that? Because he’d be made President Pro Tem? Hatch will be that.
This old farm animal humper has dementia, He doesn’t have a clue about reality anymore.
WOW. Does he know Clinton did not have sex with that women?
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