Posted on 11/07/2020 3:33:04 AM PST by RandFan
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) hit back at newly-elected GOP colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday, telling the Georgia Republican to "start acting like" a member of Congress after she pushed back on one of his tweets calling for Americans to accept the final results of the election.
The back-and-forth began when Crenshaw, who won a second term on Tuesday, tweeted that the country must accept the final results of the presidential election, even if President Trump loses. His tweet came as vote counting continued in Georgia and several other states, with Joe Biden leading in current tallies.
The Texas Republican included a caveat that there has been "very little trust in the process" due to "irregularities" and "lacking" transparency, writing, "It should not be partisan to suggest calmly that investigations occur and the court process plays out." He added that “Americans need to be sure of the winner and loser. The winners should especially want that."
Greene responded to his tweets about an hour later, saying “The time to STAND UP for @realDonaldTrump is RIGHT NOW! Republicans can’t back down.”
“This loser mindset is how the Democrats win,” she tweeted. “President Trump has fought for us, we have to fight for him. We won’t forget. Trust me.”
Crenshaw responded by questioning whether Greene "even read past the first sentence."
"Or are you just purposely lying so you can talk tough?” he wrote. “No one said give up. I literally said investigate every irregularity and use the courts."
"You’re a member of Congress now, Marjorie. Start acting like one," he added.
Greene pushed back in another tweet, saying "Our Republican base is sick and tired of weakness coming from Congress." She urged Crenshaw to "fight."
Greene was elected to the House on Tuesday to represent Georgia’s 14th District. Her victory was expected after she won the Republican primary runoff in August in the deeply red district, and Democratic challenger Kevin Van Ausdal dropped out in September.
The incoming GOP lawmaker has become known for her past support of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that Trump and his allies are working to take down an underground cabal of global elites who control the government and run child sex trafficking rings.
She later sought to walk back her support for the theory, citing “misinformation.”
Crenshaw on Tuesday won reelection to another term representing Texas’s 2nd District.
Maybe he needs a primary to remind him who's in charge!
This is not the first time Crenshaw has shown he is just like the rest of the slime. Why should we accept a criminal conspiracy?
Isn’t this the guy with the eye patch?
I thought he was really good.
Is this just a fluke or has he been inconsistent?
Maybe he should learn to talk to HER like a member of Congress. He talked down to her and I read it as sexist.
Crenshaw, if you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.
Greene, you go, gal.
Yes, guy with eye patch.
I don’t know much about him I’m afraid but his comments recently are troubling.
He sounds like another disappointment.
He is good.....Ex-navy Seal wounded in combat.....
Strong Trump supporter....
Why would Crenshaw even respond to her tweet? How about a helpful email that gives advice? To respond in such a public way to rebuke her seems a bit harsh.
And, again, you NEVER see a Democrat doing something like this.
Morning New York!
Yes eye patch guy, former Navy SEAL. He has been suspect to me for sometime.
He seems like a mixed bag. I follow him on twitter, and about 95% of the time, he’s pretty good. But in that other 5%, he can be a bit annoying, something of a virtue-signaler along the lines of, say, Ben Sasse.
So he wants her to start acting like a politician with a 15% approval?
No flame intended and you're right about Crenshaw, but maybe you missed how elections & ballot counting are now conducted? The electoral process is dead, dead, dead.
the Brian Mast of TX.
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Crenchaw good guy. However, Good guys can make idiotic statements. Also, seems he was unfortunately doing what all GOP normnally do.. First say something like he did to gain kindness from opposition, cower one in power, become detactched, and succumb.
#DanCrensawGiveYourAdviceToTheDemocrats
He should have qualified it such as If the emection is proven to be fair and not cheated then....
Actually, I think it’s silly even having a thread over a minor Twitter spat and that Freepers are impugning the character of either Republican.
Geez....need more coffee...
He votes for big spending (Approps bills) and against liberty. I don’t like him
http://congress.freedomworks.org/legislators/dan-crenshaw
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