Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw takes aim at his own party’s “woke right” for stoking division (Eyepatch McCain)

Texastribune.org ^ | 9/23/22 | STEPHEN NEUKAM

[SaxxonWoods]

He and Cheney need to get married. And jump off a high cliff on their honeymoon.

[PGR88]

I’m glad this was posted. I don’t know much about Crenshaw. I just listened to an hour-long discussion between him and Jordan Peterson. Crenshaw seemed like quite a strong conservative, with an admirable background

At the end of the interview, he raised these same charges (clearly to put himself in noble opposition) about “alt-right radicals” and “woke conservatives” doing lots of shouting.

He was vague and didn’t touch on any specific policies or people.

He seems to be trying to walk a fine line. Remain “conservative” yet somehow claim he’s a voice of reason among these unspecified crazies.

I get the sense when the rubber-meets-the-road, he will support the massive DC deep-state and surveillance-state in its constant wars abroad, and increasing oppression here at home.

but if not true, I want to know more. Where can I learn more about him??

[Reily]

He is trying to appeal to a large ‘middle-of-the-road’ voting demographic that doesn’t exist in the numbers he thinks it does. By doing so he loses credibility with conservatives. I wonder who advises him or is this his idea!

[FLT-bird]

It would be nice if we could have unseated every single last RINO in this go around - but nobody was expecting that. We got several of them. I’d settle for bagging several more in the next cycle. Then more and more and more with each successive cycle.

[jeffersondem]

” If any man (or woman) has a disability, including of course from serving in the military, adding a direct reference to that in a derogatory nickname, especially, is IMO poor form.”

I agree with what you wrote.

At the same time, if a former military service member embarks on a course of action that is detrimental to the country - that person has to be held accountable. A former military member can not be allowed to use that service to evoke sympathy for a current, dangerous wrong cause.

[DMD13]

Maybe next cycle we can have a good candidate actually challenge him in the primary.

[Political Junkie Too]

He is trying to appeal to a large ‘middle-of-the-road’ voting demographic that doesn’t exist in the numbers he thinks it does. By doing so he loses credibility with conservatives. I wonder who advises him or is this his idea!

It certainly doesn't exist in his new district. Crenshaw is inheriting Kevin Brady's The Woodlands district and losing the most liberal parts of Houston.

His new district is made up of:

• The Woodlands (pop: 117,270, 68.5% white, median income $127,469, poverty 4.4%)
• Atascocita (pop: 82,572, 43.6% white, median income $104,388, poverty 3.0%)
• Spring (pop: 54,298, 38.8% white, median income $71,275, poverty 9.9%)
• Channelview (pop: 38,289, 16.1% white, median income $63,491, poverty 16.8%)
• Oak Ridge North (pop: 3,161, 84.3% white, median income $111,955, poverty 6.0%)
• Shenandoah (pop: 2,987, 85.8% white, median income $88,201, poverty 0.8%)

I fear that Crenshaw will represent The Woodlands, but act like he's representing Channelview.

-PJ

[ohioman]

Too bad the Taliban didn’t capture Crenshaw’s arse during the last war. What an absolute POS!

[9YearLurker]

I agree (note my other statements), but IMO there are better and more productive ways to do that.

[ohioman]

Eyepatch McCain is awesome. He deserves whatever ridicule that comes his way.

[vpintheak]

These clowns think we should work with the communists instead of purging them.
Idiots.