[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On the 25 June 2014 edition of New Day on CNN, The Daily
Beast's John Avlon and his wife, Margaret, Hoover, gloated over the
recent defeats of Tea Party-backed candidates in Republican primaries.
Avlon strongly hinted that the grassroots conservatives movement was
full of crazy people: "Don't call it the establishment. It's the sanity
caucus."
Anchor Kate Bolduan wondered if former House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor's loss was a "one-off." Hoover rattled off a list of
prominent conservatives who apparently defeated in the wake of
Mississippi Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel's defeat on
Tuesday:
MARGARET HOOVER, REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT: Yes. You do not
have – we do not have a story of Dave Brat's last night. You know who
lost last night? Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin-
KATE BOLDUAN: Ted Cruz-
HOOVER:
All of the Tea Party folks – they lost. You know why? All of these
incumbents – they took their races very seriously and the insurgents
took it seriously; and that's why you have Charlie Rangel here tonight,
and Eric Cantor is nowhere to be found.