# Republicans primaried by Trumpists

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 16, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-primaried-by-trumpists/942211 "2021-05-16T10:27:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-primaried-by-trumpists/942211/21 "2021-05-17T03:05:49Z")

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Cantor’s defeat was my first realization that the Republican party was running the crazy clown car over the cliff. It was nothing short of a stunning defeat, and IIRC, it was because Cantor dared to side with moderate Dems on one or two issues (immigration?), and it wasn’t like he was moving much.

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