Eric Cantor Refuses To Discuss Possible Anti-Semitism Among GOP Colleagues
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Thursday defended his decision to give money to an anti-incumbent super PAC to help defeat one of his colleagues but refused to discuss whether an anti-Semitic comment may have played a role in the matter.
Cantor landed in hot water this month for giving $25,000 to the Campaign for Primary Accountability to help sink veteran Rep. Don Manzullo (Ill.) in his GOP primary against freshman Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.). The two ended up in the same district after redistricting.
Cantor said he donated at the request of Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), who, like Cantor, already signaled support for Kinzinger in the race. But Cantor's move ruffled feathers among House Republicans, who said their party leader should have stayed out of a race between two of his own members.
"I made a commitment to a colleague of mine way back and I felt it was necessary to live up to the word that I gave my colleague," Cantor said during a Tuesday interview with Politico's Mike Allen at a breakfast event. "Some decisions that you make sometimes aren't easy, but I think most importantly, you live up to your commitment and you make sure that your word stays good. Your word doesn't mean some days it's good, some days it's not."
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