The Tea Party Starting to Turn on the GOP's Young Guns Like Eric Cantor

The marriage between the Tea Party and the GOP continues its decline. Eric Cantor was one of the representatives the Tea Party hoped would restore common sense in Washington, but it's become apparent Cantor isn't the man for the job in recent weeks as the GOP fell way short of their meager goals for budget cuts.

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Virginia tea partiers are growing increasingly frustrated with the man they hoped would be their strongest advocate in Washington.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) joined the majority of his congressional colleagues last month in voting down a tea party-backed amendment to make deep across-the-board cuts to non-discretionary spending in the budget. For some tea partiers in his home state, it was heresy.

“We are extremely disappointed in Eric Cantor, but not surprised,” said Mark K. Lloyd, chairman of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation. “The will of the American people was pretty clear in November — cut, cut, cut spending. Apparently, Eric Cantor’s ‘conversion’ to fiscal restraint was only temporary.”

Some tea partiers have drawn a clear line in the sand for Republican lawmakers: vote for every proposal to cut spending, or risk alienating their base.

“It’s hard for us to understand why there’s a vote against any amendment,” Susan Lascolette, a member of the Richmond Tea Party, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “We want to see a yes vote on all cuts. To us, it seems like a no-brainer. Why would you not vote for that?”