Staff clarifies Cantor remark about bullet (say didn't know the bullet was "fired into the air")

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)– One day after House Republican Whip Eric Cantor told reporters that "a bullet was shot through the window of his campaign office" in Richmond, Virginia, his office Friday sought to clarify his remarks after learning the Richmond Police Department determined Cantor was not targeted and "random gunfire" was responsible for the incident.

"Given a recent spike in threats against Rep. Cantor, he, his family and his security were concerned the bullet found in his campaign office was related to a number of violent emails and phone messages, many of them anti-Semitic and some of them threatening gun violence," his spokesman, John Murray said.

"Cantor was very happy to find out that police attributed this particular incident to random gunfire and as his statement made clear yesterday, that we need to move on."

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Murray said law enforcement officials had told Cantor before he spoke with reporters that police were investigating the possibility he was being targeted.

Brad Dayspring, another Cantor spokesman, said staffers called the Richmond police department a half hour before Cantor's news conference and were told the matter was under investigation. Dayspring said as far as he knows no Cantor staffers knew about the preliminary findings mentioned in the Thursday police statement, including that the bullet was "fired into the air", until hours after Cantor spoke-about the same time reporters found out later Thursday afternoon.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/26/staff-tries-to-clarify-cantor-remarks-after-police-say-incident-was-not-threat-but-random-gunfire/?fbid=VP2LgjjHQ1T

[Dappleganger]

1. Post the messages

that were anti-Semetic, Cantor. Otherwise I don't believe you.
Not because you're Jewish, but because you're a republican and a known liar.

[Gman2]

2. Furthermore, give me that fucking bullet. I will tell yall sumpin.

There is more to be learned.

[TerribleLarryDingle]

3. Give him a few days

to create them.

[No Elephants]

4. The office of the firm that he hires to campaign for him is NOT "his campaign office."

His campaign office would have a sign saying "Cantor for U.S. Representative" or some such.

The firm whose window was hit represent a number of clients.

[SkyDaddy7]

5. "YOU LIE!"

Eric Cantor!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. "BULLET KILLER!"

:rofl:

[Cirque du So-What]

6. The shit is getting so deep, we need hip-waders to stay out of it

He gets caught in one set of lies and immediately comes back with another set. Sorry, Mr. Cantor & company, but your credibility is shot to hell - self-inflicted, it appears. Stop trying to create equivalence where there's none to be found.

[The Magistrate]

7. A Transparent Tissue Of Lies, Sir: Cantor Knew, And Lied Knowingly And Deliberately

[felinetta]

9. I just knew they'd come up with a lying excuse. I don't believe anything out of Kantor's mouth.

[sabra]

11. we all know he knew... considering this happened early in the week

if it was real - Cantor and crew would have been on the MSM talking about it 5 minutes after it happened

[IndianaGreen]

8. Cantor is such a lying sack of shit

He is worse than Norm Coleman, another lying sack of shit.

[bluedeminredstate]

10. Lies!

You can tell when you're being lied to - just pay attention to how many unnecessary details are given ie: no staff was aware of the police report at the time of the press conference - and you can tell thatsw where the bullshit is.

I'd like to know about the "recent spike in threats" to Cantor. Was a police report filed for all of these "threats"?

Sounds like Cantor is trying to join the bandwagon and threw in they-hate-me-cuz-I'm-a-Jew as an added bonus to his madeup claims. Too perfect that he got his lying weasel ass caught!

:rofl:

[chollybocker]

12. Cantor tells a lie, then gets a staff member to retract the lie for him.

That speaks volumes about Cantor's character.

[Roland99]

13. *cough*bullshit*cough*

[yellowcanine]

14. Ok but that doesn't explain his claim that he was targeted "because he is Jewish."

How does he get that out of a random bullet?

[Hubert Flottz]

15. 58 cal. Yankee mini ball probably

from the siege of Richmond...

[louis-t]

17. Ha!

:rofl:

[underpants]

19. Someday Hubert.... someday

they are going to win that war

they have numerous second place trophies scattered around this city someday they will be VICTORY TROPHIES!!!

[gratuitous]

16. Cantor knew at the time of his statement it was a lie

But let's take him at face value, and say that Cantor didn't know the facts. So, without knowing the facts, he went out to claim the mantle of victimhood. Then, when the facts didn't bear out his story, it became irresponsible of people to notice that he wasn't a victim. And now? "We need to move on." Translation: Leave me alooooooone!

Right, Eric. We could argue all day long about who lied about a bullet being shot through whose campaign office window, but the fact is, you're pretty darn mad, too. So, now let's just say both sides made mistakes and call it even, mmmkay?

Oh, and Brad Dayspring? You know what happens to little boys who lie?

[stubtoe]

18. Hmmm, way to backpedal.

Of course the staff gets to mop up after the mess.

[3waygeek]

20. Maybe he should change his name...

to Re-Cantor.