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He never called into question any questioning of the Ukraine narrative (whatever the hell that is). Stop lying. The guy is a stud. Navy Seal. Lost an eye in combat. OP couldn't carry his jockstrap.

He never called into question any questioning of the Ukraine narrative (whatever the hell that is). Stop lying. The guy is a stud. Navy Seal. Lost an eye in combat. OP couldn't carry his jockstrap.

Unfortunately with the war in Ukraine that is what is happening. Many on the right have literally become Russian and Putin apologists. They defend the man no matter what he does. That is an apologist.

Trump gave me an awakening of how screwed up the left is.

The Ukraine war has given me an awakening of how screwed up the "America First" wing is.

So, we have "racist", "hater", "bigot", "homophobe", "conspiracy theorist", and now we can add "Putin apologist" to the list of shrill ad hominem attacks meant to shut up opposition.

So, we have "racist", "hater", "bigot", "homophobe", "conspiracy theorist", and now we can add "Putin apologist" to the list of shrill ad hominem attacks meant to shut up opposition.

He never called into question any questioning of the Ukraine narrative (whatever the hell that is). Stop lying. The guy is a stud. Navy Seal. Lost an eye in combat. OP couldn't carry his jockstrap.

Unfortunately with the war in Ukraine that is what is happening. Many on the right have literally become Russian and Putin apologists. They defend the man no matter what he does. That is an apologist.

Trump gave me an awakening of how screwed up the left is.

The Ukraine war has given me an awakening of how screwed up the "America First" wing is.

Unfortunately with the war in Ukraine that is what is happening. Many on the right have literally become Russian and Putin apologists. They defend the man no matter what he does. That is an apologist.

Trump gave me an awakening of how screwed up the left is.

The Ukraine war has given me an awakening of how screwed up the "America First" wing is.

He never called into question any questioning of the Ukraine narrative (whatever the hell that is). Stop lying. The guy is a stud. Navy Seal. Lost an eye in combat. OP couldn't carry his jockstrap.

He may have BEEN a stud, and thanks for that Dan...but he has sold to the highest bidder. If you can't see that from the continuous channeling McCain dialogue....consider this, I am on first name terms with a very respected eye surgeon in Ashland Oregon, we have similar political views. In the conversation, Dan's name came up, in regard to 'Trump lost fair and square'. Doc went on to say that the dramatic black eyepatch is pure theater in this day and age. He said prosthetics were available almost no matter the original trauma, that anyone would be hard pressed to notice.

The Houston Republican’s acceptance of the 2020 presidential election results — and his comments at recent forums — fuel criticism as he seeks reelection.

by Andrew Zhang Feb. 14, 20225 AM Central

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw was 34 as he entered his first congressional term in 2019 amid buzz that he could be the future of a Republican Party searching for a younger generation of lawmakers.

The Houston Republican had a growing social media following and garnered a sudden national profile after he appeared on Saturday Night Live to accept an apology about an ill-received joke — and take his own swipes at cast member Pete Davidson.

But as Crenshaw now seeks a third term, critics from his right are portraying his style of using sharp retorts to call things as he sees them as a sign that he’s not a party loyalist. He faces three challengers in the March 1 GOP primary — and an erosion of support from some former backers who take issue with how he conducts himself, particularly when he calls out fellow Republicans. One of his most vocal primary opponent’s chief complaints is that Crenshaw accurately rebuts Republican former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that widespread voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

“I’m doing it in my own way,” Crenshaw said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. “I think the way that I do it is in the most truthful and honest way.”

Observers say that Crenshaw remains a party favorite, and he’s still expected to clinch the nomination without a runoff. But criticisms from within his party come as experts say last year’s redistricting process enables more polarizing politics. And the denunciations also fall as a fractured media landscape can create an echo chamber of inaccurate information for GOP voters, depending on the avenues through which they access information.

“If you’re inside the Republican media ecosystem, it’s almost impossible to find evidence that you’re wrong. There’s kind of a politics of victimhood,” said Stephanie Martin, a Southern Methodist University professor who focuses on discourse in conservative movements. “So when Crenshaw says, point of fact, the election wasn’t stolen, it doesn’t just feel like you’re being told a truth you don’t want to hear. It feels like you’re being further victimized.”

Crenshaw faces three opponents in next month’s primary: Jameson Ellis, who describes himself as a “self-employed small business owner, public speaker, and family man;” Milam Langella, a Marine Corps veteran; and Martin Etwop, a student at Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Ellis is the most vocal challenger of the trio: He frequently calls Crenshaw a RINO — Republican in name only — and rejects the idea that the incumbent is a pro-liberty conservative. Ellis echoes Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election results.

“What I have a problem with is when you have Republicans like Dan Crenshaw who act and vote like Democrats, and that’s why I believe that we’re in the mess that we’re in,” Ellis said. “I also believe that that’s why we allowed … the election to be stolen. And it’s because people won’t stand up.”

Yet Crenshaw’s acceptance of the 2020 election results isn’t the only thing drawing ire. His recent comments warning about “grifters” within the conservative base and pointedly criticizing the Republican National Committee’s censure of GOP colleagues investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection have cost him supporters.

“He absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt is the most arrogant politician I’ve ever seen,” conservative political radio host Michael Berry, a former Crenshaw backer, said on his podcast last month.

Corbin Casteel, a political consultant who was briefly the Texas director of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, said Crenshaw has remained no nonsense and has not shown himself to toe any line during his time in Congress.