House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, greets supporters and reporters after a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais Friday at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.U.S. Reps. Scott DesJarlais and Chuck Fleischmann secured re-election endorsements Friday from a top Republican in the U.S. House, but only DesJarlais got the nod from Fleischmann’s hometown senator, a former Chattanooga mayor.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., spoke to about 35 people at a $500-a-head breakfast fundraiser for DesJarlais at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club. The event was closed to the press, but during a news conference afterward, both men praised DesJarlais.
When reporters asked about Fleischmann, only Cantor spoke conclusively, calling the freshman Chattanooga lawmaker a “principled conservative.”
“He is somebody who is dedicated to trying to do the right thing, to set the moral compass of the nation back on track,” Cantor said.
When a reporter asked Corker if he would support Fleischmann, the senator kept mum.