美國衆議院多數黨領袖坎託初選落敗

U.S. Representative Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the Republican-controlled House, suffered a shocking defeat in a primary race for re-election to his congressional seat in Virginia Tuesday.

Cantor was soundly beaten by David Brat, an economics professor at a small college who was backed by the ultraconservative Tea Party movement.

Brat raised little money, but gained support from both voters and conservative media personalities by accusing Cantor of supporting a plan to grant illegal immigrants in the U.S. an easy path to citizenship, which opponents have criticized as an "amnesty."

Many political observers say Cantor's upset loss has scuttled any chance of passing legislation to reform the nation's immigration system.

Addressing his supporters Tuesday night, Cantor called his loss "disappointing" but stressed that he believes "there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us."星期二，爭取連任衆議員的的美國國會衆議院多數黨領袖、共和黨人坎託在維吉尼亞州初選中出人意外地落敗。

坎託被一所大學的經濟學教授布拉特以壓倒優勢擊敗。布拉特得到極端保守的茶黨運動的支持。

布拉特只籌到有限的競選資金，但他指責坎託支持一項使美國境內非法移民輕易得到公民身份的計劃，因此獲得了選民以及媒體保守派人士的支持。這項計劃的反對者批評說，該計劃等於對非法移民實行“大赦”。

很多政治觀察人士說，坎託的敗選使得通過美國移民制度改革法案的希望歸於破滅。
坎託星期二晚上對支持者發表講話，表示對敗選感到失望。但他強調，他相信每個人未來都有機會。