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Republicans Funereal After Eric Cantor Loss: ‘This Is Like Robespierre’

‘Great Leader’

Was the majority leader a martyr for his party, felled by the revolution he led? That’s what his House colleagues are saying in the wake of the Virginian’s stunning primary defeat.

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