Posted on 01/09/2023 7:06:42 AM PST by Twotone
Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw apologized on Sunday for referring to some of his GOP colleagues as “terrorists” during negotiations that led to the election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker.
Crenshaw shared the apology during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper.
“Look, things get heated and things get said. Obviously, to people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase,” Crenshaw said.
“I’ve got pretty thick skin. I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting at that moment. So I was a little taken aback by the sensitivity of it. But to the extent that I have colleagues that were offended by it, I sincerely apologize to them. I don’t want them to think I actually believe they’re terrorists. It’s clearly a turn of phrase that you use in an intransigent negotiation,” he added.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, had referred to the 20 GOP holdouts against McCarthy as “terrorists.” He later doubled down on his remarks but explained they weren’t intended to be taken literally.
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What a goon. People just want to get trending on Twitter now and just say nonsense to get a reaction.
Concur.
The fact that he had to (sort of) backpedal — on CNN, of course — shows he has really damaged himself with his former voters. People are finally figuring out he's a Klaus Schwab WEF boy.
Crenshaw is destined to continue to fill the Liz Cheney niche before he ultimately becomes an MSNBC contributor/Raytheon lobbyist.
Yep.
How the heck was Crenshaw turned so quickly?
I was hoping that Eli Crane (AZ-2 and my Congressman), one of the holdouts and fellow former SEAL, would have taken Crenshaw to the parking lot and had a “discussion” with him.
I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting...
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Make up your mind, Dan. Are you retracting and apologizing? ...or are you blaming the people you insulted?
Her has some serious mental anger problems.
Maybe someone will stab the self-serving POS in his good eye.
Give him an actual reason to throw the “T” word around.
I heard Hannity has been doing some backpedaling too after his blow out with Boebart.
This guy is Exhibit A in support of my contention that a military background should disqualify anyone from serving in elected office in the U.S. government today.
Sad. He’s clearly been captured by the system, proving he had zero firmly held beliefs and principles to begin with because only the empty-minded would succumb as he has. His “betters” have filled his mind for him.
TOO LATE Dan, you revealed what you believe, so take your medicine and quit with the fake walkback!
Doesn’t matter. His bridge was burned long ago.
Dan Crenshaw is a TRAITOR (a turn of phrase, but more accurate than Crenshaw’s turn of phrase).
Getting to the point I wonder that having been a SEAL really isn’t the best pre-req for political service.
Unfortunately there’s a lot of otherwise solid conservatives that back Crenshaw based entirely on his military service. I texted a rather funny insult on Crenshaw to my best friend, and he became instantly annoyed that I dared insult the eye patch guy the way I did, because Crenshaw is a SEAL and would kick my ass etc....
Wouldn't know. Haven't been able to stomach Hannitus Interruptus for many many years.
If you know someone in the Naval Special Warfare community, ask him his opinion of of this guy. It will probably be the same negative image as is that of Rob O’Neil.
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