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After the El Paso and Dayton shootings, Crenshaw expressed his horror at these atrocities. But he took it a step further. In a tweet he stated that “The solutions aren’t obvious, even if we pretend they are. But we must try. Let’s start with the TAPS Act. Maybe also implement state “red flag” laws, or gun violence restraining orders. Stop them before they can hurt someone. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/838/text” The solutions aren’t obvious, even if we pretend they are. But we must try. Let’s start with the TAPS Act. Maybe also implement state “red flag” laws, or gun violence restraining orders. Stop...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and organizations funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros are bankrolling a plan to provide temporary amnesty to Venezuela’s population. Last week, the Democrat-controlled House passed a measure to create a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Venezuela’s population — allowing nationals who are already in the U.S. to remain and incentivizing more to migrate. Thirty-nine House Republicans joined every Democrat to support the legislation, including: Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) Rep. Michael Bost (R-IL) Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) Rep. Brian...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has quickly become a favorite of conservatives across the country as a freshman lawmaker due to his laudable and heroic military record, but his voting record in Congress does not measure up. He is more John McCain than Donald Trump when it comes to matters of public policy. Crenshaw proved this yet again after he voted in favor of a Democrat-backed bill that passed by a 272 to 158 margin in the House yesterday to potentially allow millions of third-world Venezuelan socialists to be granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States. Crenshaw joined House...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) continues to delight me with his common sense and honesty. Yesterday, he did not mince words, calling out Democrats for their game of deliberately denying resources to detention centers for illegals and then criticizing President Trump for the resulting conditions. And he outright called Rep. Ocasio-Cortex a liar for her claim that detainees were forced to drink from toilets.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Dan Crenshaw. Click image (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Dan Crenshaw is a former Navy Seal who represents the 2nd Congressional District in Texas. He is a conservative champion of veteran's rights and liberty-leaning issues. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidential spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into...

COMMENTARY POLITICSCrenshaw Puts AOC on Blast After She Compares U.S. Migrant Facilities to Concentration Camps Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesU.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, pictured in a file photo in April, had no problem Tuesday pointing out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ignorance when it comes to "concentration camps" and American immigration policy. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images) BY SHAUN HAIR  PUBLISHED JUNE 19, 2019 AT 10:54AM Share Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bit off more than she can chew. Note to self: If you are going to make completely dishonest and self-serving exaggerations that refer to the Holocaust, don’t do it where Rep. Dan Crenshaw can see it....

Former Navy SEAL hero and Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw verbally backhanded former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes after he seemed to question the Trump administration’s claims that Iran was responsible for attacking two tankers in the Gulf of Oman this week. Rhodes, who had the title of deputy national security adviser but who’s forte is as a writer and commentator, retweeted a video clip of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he discusses U.S. Navy video showing Iranian involvement in the attacks, with this comment: “This definitely feels like the kind of incident where you’d want an international investigation...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas slammed former top Obama adviser Ben Rhodes for questioning U.S. claims that Iran attacked oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz and downplayed the threat from the regime. Rhodes, a leading figure within the Obama administration who pushed for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, suggested the U.S. official assessment of the tanker attacks shouldn’t be taken for granted, saying only an international investigation can get to the bottom of the incident. “This definitely feels like the kind of incident where you'd want an international investigation to establish what happened. Huge risk of escalation,” Rhodes...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, had a sharp response to a New York Times writer who accused him of not supporting the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Comedian Jon Stewart rocked Capitol Hill on Tuesday and slammed lawmakers who were absent from a House subcommittee hearing on the renewal for funding for the health expenses of first responders, many who have been battling cancer nearly two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. NYT contributing op-ed writer Wajahat Ali blasted Republicans on Twitter Tuesday and attempted to question their patriotism for not backing the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. He also claimed Crenshaw hasn't...

As you know if you've ever watched a TV show about lawyers, you should never ask a question if you don't already know the answer. You shouldn't be arrogant enough to assume you already know it, just because you really want to believe it's true. Don't get cocky. Don't hurt your own case. In other words, don't be the Senate Democrats. They're out of power right now, and until they start winning some elections again, all they can do is complain about being thwarted again and again. Whine, whine, whine: .@realDonaldTrump and the Republican-led Senate have aggressively pushed to reshape...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw condemned threats directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, but said the Minnesota Democrat has no one to blame but herself for fueling the controversies. "It is not anybody else's words that cause these things. It is her words," Crenshaw, R-Texas, told CBS News. "And you can't lay that blame on anybody else." Omar received death threats after she gave a speech earlier this year to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. In her remarks, Omar referred to the Sept. 11 terror attacks as “some people did something.”

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sided with President Donald Trump and other Republicans in the controversy following comments made by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on the September 11 terrorist attacks. Omar drew some questions after she a vague reference to the September 11 terrorist attacks, saying that “some people did something.” As IJR previously reported, her comments sparked a lot of backlash from Republicans, including President Donald Trump and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and at least one of her Democratic colleagues, Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.). Several people were frustrated with Omar’s comments, but some feared that calling out...

Shortened title. Full title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Faces Backlash for Scoffing that Veteran Dan Crenshaw Should ‘Go Do Something’ About Terrorism New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing backlash for telling Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a wounded veteran, to “go do something” about terrorism. Crenshaw is a U.S. Army veteran of Afghanistan and lost an eye in battle, Fox reported. Ocasio-Cortez stuck her foot in her mouth defending virulent anti-Semite Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar who Crenshaw criticized for her outrageous comment about the terror attacks on 9/11. Omar was seen on video breezily noting that on September 11, 2001, “some people did...

AOC, Rashida Tlaib leap to defense of Ilhan Omar after her 'some people did something' 9/11 remarks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., have both jumped to the defense of their under fire fellow freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar, saying Thursday her comment in reference to 9/11 has been wildly taken out of context. Omar, D-Minn., is facing backlash after a speech at a Muslim rights group’s event in which she described the September 11, 2001, terror attacks as “some people did something”. The comment has drawn ire from the likes of Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Tx, and the...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a former Navy SEAL officer Thursday that he cannot criticize someone’s language about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because he isn’t a co-sponsor of a bill. The New York Democrat, in one of several tweets defending a Muslim congresswoman’s describing the attacks as “some people did something,” turned her fire on Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican who lost an eye in Afghanistan and famously wears an eye patch. She quote-tweeted Mr. Crenshaw describing as “unbelievable” the Sept. 11 word choice of Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, and told the Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient...

All that was missing was James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" playing gently in the background . . . Reacting to Rep. Ilhan Omar's description of 9/11 as "some people did something," Joe Scarborough, on today's Morning Joe, said that it's "so important for her to succeed."[snip] "It's so important, I think personally, for her to succeed. Right? She's -- there have been some missteps. But there's something much bigger here, like, going on. We don't want one of our first Muslim, women, Americans, to, to, to, to, blow up politically like this." Get the rest of the story and...

FULL TITLE: ‘He LIED!’ Rep. Dan Crenshaw just DROPPED all sorts of mics on Adam Schiff’s latest ridiculous claims about the #MuellerReport Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Eric Swalwell and a plethora of other Democrats are spinning Mueller finishing his report (which looks to be a total dud) into some grand conspiracy by the GOP to silence the report so the American people can’t see it. We suppose they think this makes Americans question whether or not Mueller is somehow covering for Trump or that the president himself wants to edit the report to cover his tracks but c’mon already. Why...

On July 27, 2018, the New York Times published a “fact check of the day” titled, “ No, Democrats Don’t Want ‘Open Borders.'” The article was supposed to serve as a takedown of President Trump’s oft-repeated claim that Democratic lawmakers envision a world where America's borders are wide-open to all. On Thursday, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, said he would “absolutely” support destroying already existing barriers along the U.S. southern border. The former congressman's remarks came as Trump announced he’d declare a national emergency to fund building a wall on the border shared with Mexico. Amid this announcement, Rep. Dan...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said 2020 Democratic hopeful Beto O'Rourke has disqualified himself from becoming president by questioning whether the Constitution was still relevant. "Anybody who questions the validity of the Constitution — whether it works in the modern era — should never be president," Crenshaw said in a Washington Examiner interview. This week, O'Rourke, who has just vacated his Texas seat in the House of Representatives after an unsuccessful Senate bid, mused about the relevance of the Constitution. "I think that’s the question of the moment: Does this still work? Can an empire like ours ... still be managed...

Isn’t this guy supposed to be the “centrist” in the race, the fake progressive trying to muscle in on Bernie’s turf?Or is that the point of this answer, to yank the left’s nobs by showing that his zeal for upending the American order is such that he’s willing to go full reboot to do it?I thought the worst we’d have to fear from these tools is 70 percent tax rates. Throughout the two-hour interview — which was often interrupted by bystanders urging him to run for president — O’Rourke boomeranged between a bright-eyed hope that the United States will...