It was one of the biggest stories in politics this week, but Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran appears unaware that House majority leader lost his GOP primary in Virginia on Tuesday.
In a video posted online by Fox News, an interviewer asked the senator – locked in a competitive runoff — if he was concerned about what happened in Virginia. The incumbent senator replied, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?”
Cochran – who has said multiple times that he doesn’t know much about the tea party – is being challenged on the right from state Sen. Chris McDaniel. The run off in June 24.
Here’s a transcript of the interview:
Interviewer: What happened in Virginia the other day, does that concern you for your chances here in this runoff?
Cochran: I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?
Interviewer: With Eric Cantor losing his seat.
Cochran: Well, I haven’t really followed that campaign very closely at all.
Interviewer: Really?
Cochran: Really.
Interviewer: You have no comment that you want to make?
Cochran: …You asked me what happened. I don’t know. I didn’t follow that campaign very closely.
Interviewer: Well Eric Cantor lost his seat as the majority leader.
Cochran: Well it happens. You know, members of Congress, some win, some lose. It’s not an automatic proposition that you get re-elected just because you done a good job. Voters make their own decisions and I respect their judgment.
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